Affine term structure models; Bond return distributions; Corporate bonds; Credit rating; Fixed income portfolios …Besides the introduction, the thesis is organized in two parts. Part I assumes a bond investor with μ-σ preferences … 4 assesses the statistical distribution of daily EMU bond returns for the period 1999 to 2012. …

In this paper we estimate and interpret the factors that jointly determine bond returns of different maturities in the … US, Germany and Japan. We analyze both currency-hedged as well as unhedged bond returns. For currency-hedged bond returns …, we find that five factors explain 96.5% of the variation of bond returns. These factors can be associated with changes in …

This study examines the spillover effects of U.S. monetary policy normalization on Nigeria 10-Year Treasury bond yield … exchange rate and inflation, rather than the U.S. 10-Year sovereign bond yield, are the key drivers of Nigeria 10-Year bond … yield. Additionally, the spillover effect from the U.S. monetary policy was amplified by oil price shocks and changes in …