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Free bond calculator, readiness check & cheat sheets
None of these ask for an email address, and nothing here needs an account. Work a problem on the bond calculator, run the readiness check to find the pillar that needs the most work, and take both cheat sheets home either way.
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Two tools, no sign-up
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Direct downloads, no sign-up
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Fixed Income Desk Cheat Sheet
One page per desk: what it trades, how it makes money, five signature interview questions, and where people from that desk typically exit to.
Free · no sign-up
Bond Math Formula Sheet
Price and yield, Macaulay and modified duration, DV01 and convexity, laid out the way an interviewer expects you to write them on paper.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
- Are these tools free?
- Yes, all of them, and none asks for an email address. The bond calculator and the readiness check run in your browser. The desk cheat sheet and the formula sheet are direct downloads.
- What does the bond calculator do?
- Takes a coupon, a maturity, the coupon frequency and either a price or a yield, and works out the rest: price or yield to maturity, current yield, Macaulay and modified duration, DV01 and convexity, plus what a parallel move in yields does to the price.
- What is in the fixed income desk cheat sheet?
- One page per desk: what it trades, how it makes money, five signature interview questions, and where people from that desk typically exit to.
- What is the interview readiness check?
- A free 18-question diagnostic covering the 3 areas a fixed income interview actually tests. It scores you at the end and points to the guide for whichever area needs the most work.