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arXiv · arXiv · 2026

Data-Driven Duration Management -- Term Structure Forecasting Using Machine Learning

This paper compares different methods for forecasting the term structure of U.S. and European zero-coupon government bonds using both traditional econometric and Machine Learning (ML) approaches. We compare classical models (e.g., Dynamic Nelson-Siegel (DNS) and Principal Component Analysis (PCA)) with different Neural Network (NN) architectures, including those inspired by the classical models, on the U.S. Treasury …

Tobias Lausser, Joao Eduardo Vuolo, Rudi Zagst
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Wiki Entities · 33
Banking

Systemic Risk Indicator

Systemic Risk Indicator — Aggregate capital shortfall under stress — connects banking to macro hedges.

Commodities

Gold Price

Gold price reflects demand for a non-yielding reserve asset and is often used as a signal for real yields, macro uncertainty, and confidence in fiat systems.

CTA

Discretionary CTA

A discretionary CTA uses judgment on timing, size, and markets — often a global-macro book that happens to be futures-registered.

CTA

Managed Futures

Managed futures is the strategy category: client capital traded in a diversified futures universe, usually systematic trend, sometimes with carry, reversion, or macro overlays.

CTA

Systematic Macro CTA

A CTA that trades futures on economic data, not only price — growth, inflation, positioning, and nowcasts as the signal set.

Derivatives

Move Index

The MOVE Index tracks implied volatility in the U.S. Treasury market and serves as a benchmark for rates uncertainty and macro stress.

Desk Slang

Don't Fight the Fed

Don’t fight the Fed is the rule of thumb that a determined policy impulse (easing or tightening) will eventually dominate discretionary macro views.

Economy

China Credit Impulse

China credit impulse measures the change in new credit growth relative to GDP and is widely used as a leading indicator for Chinese demand and global cyclical momentum.

Emerging Markets

Sudden Stop Capital Flows

Sudden Stop Capital Flows — Abrupt cessation of foreign financing forcing sharp macro adjustment.

Financial Crises

Barings 1995

Barings Bank was wiped out in 1995 by Nick Leeson’s hidden Nikkei futures losses in Singapore — a rogue-trader plus failed control story, not a macro crisis.

Macro Policy

Countercyclical Capital Buffer

Countercyclical Capital Buffer — Bank capital requirements that tighten or ease through the credit cycle.

Macro Policy

Cross-Currency Basis

Funding stress signal derived from FX swap pricing distortions and balance sheet constraints.

Macro Policy

Dual Mandate

The Fed’s dual mandate is maximum employment and stable prices — two goals that agree in a demand shock and fight in a supply shock.

Macro Policy

Emergency Liquidity Facility

Emergency Liquidity Facility — Standing and ad-hoc facilities that reveal where stress is concentrated in the financial system.

Macro Policy

Federal Funds Rate

Federal Funds Rate — The effective overnight policy rate anchor that transmits through the entire USD funding stack and global risk appetite.

Macro Policy

Federal Open Market Committee

The FOMC is the Fed body that sets the funds-rate target and the balance-sheet stance — the US rates committee.

Macro Policy

Financial Conditions Index

A Financial Conditions Index aggregates variables such as rates, credit spreads, equities, and the dollar to measure how supportive or restrictive the market environment is for growth and risk assets.

Macro Policy

Fiscal Policy

Fiscal policy is government spending and taxes — the demand impulse that is not the policy rate.

Macro Policy

Foreign Exchange Intervention

Foreign Exchange Intervention — Official buying or selling of currency to manage disorderly moves and imported inflation.

Macro Policy

Forward Guidance

Forward Guidance — How central bank language shapes term premium and front-end rate expectations before actual policy moves.

Macro Policy

Hard Landing

A hard landing is a policy-induced recession — inflation (or a bubble) comes down because demand was broken.

Macro Policy

Macroprudential Policy

Macroprudential Policy — Countercyclical tools that alter credit creation before traditional monetary policy reacts.

Macro Policy

Monetary Policy

Monetary policy is the central bank’s control of short rates, liquidity, and sometimes the balance sheet — the price of reserves and the path of the front end.

Macro Policy

Neutral Rate Estimate

Neutral Rate Estimate — Estimates of the equilibrium real policy rate that separates restrictive from accommodative stance.

Macro Policy

Quantitative Easing

Quantitative easing is large-scale central-bank asset purchases that expand reserves — a duration and liquidity operation when the policy rate is pinned.

Macro Policy

Quantitative Tightening Pace

Quantitative Tightening Pace — The speed of balance-sheet runoff and its impact on reserves, collateral markets, and term funding.

Macro Policy

Soft Landing

A soft landing is disinflation (or a slowdown) without a recession — the hoped-for path off a hike cycle.

Macro Policy

Standing Repo Facility

Standing Repo Facility — The Fed backstop for repo market dysfunction and dealer balance-sheet pressure.

Macro Policy

Yield Curve

The term structure of interest rates across maturities, used to read growth, liquidity, and stress expectations.

Macro Policy

Yield Curve Control

Yield Curve Control — Official caps on benchmark yields and the distortions they create in RV and cross-market hedging.

Rates

3M10Y Treasury Curve

The 3M10Y Treasury curve compares 10-year Treasury yields with 3-month Treasury bill yields and is closely watched as a recession and policy-cycle indicator.

Rates

US 10-Year Real Yield

US 10-Year Real Yield measures the inflation-adjusted yield on 10-year Treasuries and is a key benchmark for discount rates, financial conditions, and macro asset pricing.

Strategies

Crude Oil Predicts Equity Returns

Time equity beta with oil’s recent move or level — a macro overlay that treats crude as a growth/inflation signal.

Option Blackboard · 0
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Encyclopedia · 24
Financial Crises · Foundations

Barings 1995

Barings Bank was wiped out in 1995 by Nick Leeson’s hidden Nikkei futures losses in Singapore — a rogue-trader plus failed control story, not a macro crisis.

Macro Policy · Foundations

Countercyclical Capital Buffer

Countercyclical Capital Buffer — Bank capital requirements that tighten or ease through the credit cycle.

Macro Policy · Foundations

Cross-Currency Basis

Funding stress signal derived from FX swap pricing distortions and balance sheet constraints.

Strategies · Foundations

Crude Oil Predicts Equity Returns

Time equity beta with oil’s recent move or level — a macro overlay that treats crude as a growth/inflation signal.

CTA · Foundations

Discretionary CTA

A discretionary CTA uses judgment on timing, size, and markets — often a global-macro book that happens to be futures-registered.

Desk Slang · Foundations

Don't Fight the Fed

Don’t fight the Fed is the rule of thumb that a determined policy impulse (easing or tightening) will eventually dominate discretionary macro views.

Macro Policy · Foundations

Dual Mandate

The Fed’s dual mandate is maximum employment and stable prices — two goals that agree in a demand shock and fight in a supply shock.

Macro Policy · Foundations

Emergency Liquidity Facility

Emergency Liquidity Facility — Standing and ad-hoc facilities that reveal where stress is concentrated in the financial system.

Macro Policy · Foundations

Federal Funds Rate

Federal Funds Rate — The effective overnight policy rate anchor that transmits through the entire USD funding stack and global risk appetite.

Macro Policy · Foundations

Federal Open Market Committee

The FOMC is the Fed body that sets the funds-rate target and the balance-sheet stance — the US rates committee.

Macro Policy · Foundations

Financial Conditions Index

A Financial Conditions Index aggregates variables such as rates, credit spreads, equities, and the dollar to measure how supportive or restrictive the market environment is for growth and risk assets.

Macro Policy · Foundations

Fiscal Policy

Fiscal policy is government spending and taxes — the demand impulse that is not the policy rate.

Macro Policy · Foundations

Foreign Exchange Intervention

Foreign Exchange Intervention — Official buying or selling of currency to manage disorderly moves and imported inflation.

Macro Policy · Foundations

Forward Guidance

Forward Guidance — How central bank language shapes term premium and front-end rate expectations before actual policy moves.

Commodities · Foundations

Gold Price

Gold price reflects demand for a non-yielding reserve asset and is often used as a signal for real yields, macro uncertainty, and confidence in fiat systems.

Macro Policy · Foundations

Hard Landing

A hard landing is a policy-induced recession — inflation (or a bubble) comes down because demand was broken.

Macro Policy · Foundations

Macroprudential Policy

Macroprudential Policy — Countercyclical tools that alter credit creation before traditional monetary policy reacts.

CTA · Foundations

Managed Futures

Managed futures is the strategy category: client capital traded in a diversified futures universe, usually systematic trend, sometimes with carry, reversion, or macro overlays.

Macro Policy · Foundations

Monetary Policy

Monetary policy is the central bank’s control of short rates, liquidity, and sometimes the balance sheet — the price of reserves and the path of the front end.

Derivatives · Foundations

Move Index

The MOVE Index tracks implied volatility in the U.S. Treasury market and serves as a benchmark for rates uncertainty and macro stress.

Macro Policy · Foundations

Neutral Rate Estimate

Neutral Rate Estimate — Estimates of the equilibrium real policy rate that separates restrictive from accommodative stance.

Macro Policy · Foundations

Quantitative Easing

Quantitative easing is large-scale central-bank asset purchases that expand reserves — a duration and liquidity operation when the policy rate is pinned.

Macro Policy · Foundations

Quantitative Tightening Pace

Quantitative Tightening Pace — The speed of balance-sheet runoff and its impact on reserves, collateral markets, and term funding.

Macro Policy · Foundations

Soft Landing

A soft landing is disinflation (or a slowdown) without a recession — the hoped-for path off a hike cycle.

Cards · 2
SignalCard

TACO Repricing Window

Tracks policy reversal probability, market repricing windows, and timing mismatch between rhetoric and positioning.

RiskCard

Funding Stress Monitor

A card for tracking cross-currency basis, repo dislocations, and balance-sheet stress as early warning signals.

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