Imagine working with a client who wants to expand internationally. The manager has asked you to become more educated in interest rate swaps.

Prior to attempting this discussion forum,

• Read Chapter 14 of the textbook.
• Review Interest Rate Swap: Curves and Cash Flows Links to an external site..
  • Consider exploring related articles listed near the end of this webpage for descriptions of other derivative products, including currency swaps and other types of swaps that you may find interesting.
• Find one resource (e.g., article, webpage, video, or podcast) that provides a brief description of interest rate swaps.

In your initial discussion post,

• Summarize the interest rate swaps resource .
  • Provide a link to the resource found.
  • Discuss what the resource is about and how it is related to interest rate swaps.
  • Share two or three things was learned from reviewing the resource.
• Discuss how knowing more about interest rate swaps would be beneficial to a multinational company (MNC).
• Discuss at least one risk that an interest rate and currency swap dealer faces.