AppliedMultiple choice
What is the value of the floating leg of a standard interest rate swap immediately after a reset?
- APar, the notional itself
- BThe present value of the forward rates, which is generally not par
- CZero, since no fixed payments are owed
- DIt depends on the shape of the yield curve
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