Re: Callablebonds.cpp misleading output

Posted by Allen Kuo-2 on
URL: http://quantlib.414.s1.nabble.com/Callablebonds-cpp-misleading-output-tp243p245.html

yes, missed that, thanks for the heads up, and for fixing it Luigi.

--- On Fri, 1/9/09, Luigi Ballabio <[hidden email]> wrote:
From: Luigi Ballabio <[hidden email]>
Subject: Re: [Quantlib-users] Callablebonds.cpp misleading output
To: "Bart Mosley, bondgeek.com" <[hidden email]>
Cc: [hidden email]
Date: Friday, January 9, 2009, 5:06 AM

On Thu, 2009-01-08 at 14:22 -0500, Bart Mosley, bondgeek.com wrote:
> The output for the callablebonds example program should reference the  
> clean price instead of NPV, since you are comparing to a clean price  
> from BBG.
> 
> [...]
> 
> Unless, that is, the idea is to get newbies like me to dig through the  
> code to understand why the price discrepancy with Bloomberg is so big  
> or why the price doesn't correspond to yield :)

Ouch :)

It's fixed now--thanks for the heads-up.

Luigi



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