Numerics 

1900 date system <1> <2>
1904 date system <1> <2>
360-day year
365-day year

accrued interest <1> <2> <3>
    computing fractional period
acrubond
acrudisc
actual days
    between dates
adding a scalar and a matrix
adding matrices
advance payments, periodic payment given
after-tax rate of return
algebra, linear <1> <2>
American options
amortization <1> <2> <3> <4>
amortize
analysis models for equity derivatives
analyzing
    and computing cash flows
    equity derivatives
    portfolios
annuity
    payment of with odd first period
    periodic interest rate of
    periodic payment of loan or
annurate
annuterm
apostrophe or prime character (')
arguments
    function return
    interest rate
    matrices as, limitations
    vectors as, limitations
array operations
ASCII character
asset covariance matrix with exponential weighting
asset life
axis labels, converting

bank format
base date
basis
basis, day-count
beytbill
binomial
    functions
    model
    put and call pricing
    tree, building
binprice
Black's option pricing
Black-Scholes
    elasticity
    functions
    implied volatility
    model
    options <1> <2>
    put and call pricing
    sensitivity to
        interest rate change
        time-until-maturity change
        underlying delta change
        underlying price change
        underlying price volatility
blkimpv
blkprice
blsdelta
blsgamma
blsimpv
blslambda
blsprice
blsrho
blstheta
blsvega
bndconvp
bndconvy
bnddurp
bnddury
bndprice
bndyield
bolling
Bollinger band chart
bond
    convexity
    duration
    equivalent yield for Treasury bill
    portfolio
        constructing to hedge against duration and convexity
        visualizing sensitivity of price to parallel shifts in the yield curve
    sensitivity of prices to changes in interest rates
    zero-coupon
bootstrapping <1> <2> <3> <4>
building a binomial tree
busdate
business date
    last of month
business day
    next <1> <2>
    previous
business days

call and put pricing
    Black-Scholes
candle
candlestick chart
capital allocation line
cash flow
    analyzing and computing
    convexity
    dates <1> <2>
    duration
    future value of varying
    internal rate of return
    internal rate of return for nonperiodic
    irregular
    modified internal rate of return
    negative
    portfolio form of amounts
    present value of varying
    sensitivity of
    uniform payment equal to varying
cell array
cfamounts
cfconv
cfdates
cfdur
cfport
cftimes
character array
    strings stored as
character, ASCII
chart
    Bollinger band
    candlestick
    high, low, open, close
    leading and lagging moving averages
    point and figure
charting financial data
colon (:)
commutative law <1> <2>
computing
    cash flows
    dot products of vectors
    yields for fixed-income securities
constraint functions
constraint matrix
constructing
    a bond portfolio to hedge against duration and convexity
    greek-neutral portfolios of European stock options
conventions
    SIA
conventions in our documentation (table)
conversions
    currency
    date input
    date output
converting
    and handling dates
    axis labels
convexity
    cash flow
    constructing a bond portfolio to hedge against
    portfolio <1> <2>
corr2cov
coupon bond
    prices to zero curve
    yields to zero curve
coupon date
    after settlement date
    days between <1> <2>
coupon dates
coupon payments remaining until maturity
coupon period
    containing settlement date
    fraction of
coupons payable between dates
cov2corr
covariance matrix
covariance matrix with exponential weighting
cpncount
cpndaten
cpndatenq
cpndatep
cpndatepq
cpndaysn
cpndaysp
cpnpersz
cur2frac
cur2str
currency
    converting
    decimal
    formatting
    fractional <1> <2>
    values
current date
    and time <1> <2>

date
    base
    components
    conversions
    current <1> <2> <3>
    end of month
    first business, of month
    formats
    hour of
    input conversions
    last date of month
    last weekday in month
    maturity
    minute of
    number <1> <2>
        displaying as string
        Excel to MATLAB
        indices of in matrix
        MATLAB to Excel
    of day in future or past month
    of future or past workday
    output conversions
    seconds of
    starting, add month to
    string <1> <2>
    vector
    year of
date
date of specific weekday in month
date system
    1900 <1> <2>
    1904 <1> <2>
dateaxis
datedisp
datefind
datemnth
datenum
dates
    actual days between
    business days
    cash-flow <1> <2>
    coupon
    days between <1> <2> <3> <4>
    determining
    first coupon
    fraction of year between
    handling and converting
    investment horizon
    issue
    last coupon
    number of months between
    quasi-coupon
    settlement
    vector of
    working days between
datestr
datevec
datewrkdy
day
    date of specific weekday in month
    of month
    of month, last
    of the week
day
day-count basis
day-count convention
days
    between
        coupon date and settlement date
        dates <1> <2> <3> <4> <5>
        settlement date and next coupon date
    business
    holidays
    in coupon period containing settlement date
    last business date of month
    last weekday in month
    nontrading
    number of, in year
days360
days365
daysact
daysdif
decimal currency
    to fractional currency
declining-balance depreciation
    fixed <1> <2>
    general <1> <2>
definitions
delta
    change, Black-Scholes sensitivity to underlying
depfixdb
depgendb
deprdv
depreciable value, remaining
depreciation
    fixed declining-balance <1> <2>
    general declining-balance <1> <2>
    straight-line <1> <2>
    sum of years' digits <1> <2>
depsoyd
depstln
derivatives
    equity, pricing and analyzing
    sensitivity measures for
determining dates
disc2zero
discount curve
    from zero curve
    to zero curve
discount rate of a security
discount security
    future value of
    price of
    yield of
discrate
dividing matrices
dot products of vectors
duration
    cash-flow and modified
    constructing a bond portfolio to hedge against
    for fixed-income securities
    Macaulay
    modified
    portfolio <1> <2>

effective rate of return
efficient frontier
    plotting an
effrr
elasticity
    Black-Scholes
element-by-element
    operating
elements, referencing matrix
end-of-month rule
enlarging matrices
eomdate
eomday
equations
    solving simultaneous linear
equity derivatives
    analysis models for
European options
    constructing greek-neutral portfolios of
ewstats
Excel date number
    from MATLAB date number
    to MATLAB date number
exponential weighting of covariance matrix

fbusdate
financial data
    charting
first business date of month
first coupon date
fixed declining-balance depreciation <1> <2>
fixed periodic payments
    future value with
fixed-income securities
    cash-flow dates
    Macaulay and modified durations for
    pricing
    pricing and computing yields for
    terminology
    yield functions for
fixed-income sensitivities
formats
    bank
    date
formatting currency and charting financial data
forward curve
    from zero curve
    to zero curve
forward price
frac2cur
fraction of
    coupon period
    year between dates
fractional currency <1> <2>
frontcon <1> <2>
frontier
    plotting an efficient
frontier, efficient
function
    return arguments
future month, date of day in
future value <1> <2>
    of discounted security
    of varying cash flow
    with fixed periodic payments
fvdisc
fvfix
fvvar
fwd2zero

gamma
general declining-balance depreciation <1> <2>
generating and referencing matrix elements
graphics
    producing
    three-dimensional
greek-neutral portfolios, constructing
greeks
    neutrality

handling and converting dates
hedging
    a bond portfolio against duration and convexity
high, low, open, close chart
highlow
holidays
holidays
holidays and nontrading days
hour
hour of date or time

identity matrix
implied volatility
    Black-Scholes
indices
    of date numbers in matrix
    of nonrepeating integers in matrix
indifference curve
inner dimension rule
input
    conversions
    string
installing the Financial Toolbox
interest
    accrued <1> <2>
    on loan
interest rate swap
interest rates
    arguments
    Black-Scholes sensitivity to change
    of annuity, periodic
    rate of return
    risk-free
    sensitivity of bond prices to changes in
    term structure <1> <2>
internal rate of return
    for nonperiodic cash flow
    modified
inversion, matrix
investment horizon
irr
isbusday
issue date
Ito process

lagging and leading moving averages chart
lambda
last
    business date of month
    date of month
    day of month
    weekday in month
last coupon date
lbusdate
leading and lagging moving averages chart
left division
leverage of an option
linear algebra <1> <2>
linear equations
    solving simultaneous
    system of
loan
    interest on
    payment with odd first period
    periodic payment of
lweekdate

m2xdate
Macaulay duration
    for fixed-income securities
MATLAB
    date number
        from Excel date number
        to Excel date number
matrices
    adding and subtracting
    as arguments, limitations
    dividing
    enlarging
    multiplying <1> <2>
    multiplying vectors and
    of string input
    singular
    square
    transposing
matrix
    adding or subtracting a scalar
    algebra refresher
    covariance
    elements
        generating
        referencing
    identity
    indices of date numbers
    indices of integers in
    inversion
    multiplying by a scalar
    numbers and strings in a
maturity
    price with interest at
    yield of a security paying interest at
maturity date
minute
minute of date or time
mirr
modified duration <1> <2>
    for fixed-income securities
modified internal rate of return
month
    add, to starting date
    date of specific weekday
    day of
    first business date of
    last business date
    last date of
    last day of
month
months
    last weekday in
    number of months between dates
months
movavg
moving averages chart
multiplying
    a matrix by a scalar
    matrices
    two matrices
    vectors
    vectors and matrices

names
    variable
NaN
negative cash flows
Newton's method
next
    business day
    coupon date after settlement date
    or previous business day
nominal rate of return
nomrr
nontrading days <1> <2>
normcdf <1> <2> <3>
normpdf <1> <2> <3>
notation
    row, column
now
number of
    days in year
    periods to obtain value
    whole months between dates
numbers
    and strings in a matrix
    date
nweekdate

odd first period
    payment of loan or annuity with
operating element-by-element
operations, array
opprofit
optimal portfolio
option
    leverage of
    plotting sensitivities of
    plotting sensitivities of a portfolio of
    pricing
        Black's model
    profit
output conversions, date

par value
par yield curve
    from zero curve
    to zero curve
past month, date of day in
payadv
payment
    of loan or annuity with odd first period
    periodic, given number of advance payments
    periodic, of loan or annuity
    uniform, equal to varying cash flow
payodd
payper
payuni
pcalims
pcgcomp
pcglims
pcpval
period
periodic interest rate of annuity
periodic payment
    future value with fixed
    given advance payments
    of loan or annuity
    present value with fixed
pivot year
plotting
    efficient frontier
    sensitivities of a portfolio of options
    sensitivities of an option
point and figure chart
pointfig
portalloc <1> <2> <3>
portcons <1> <2>
portfolio
    convexity <1> <2>
    duration <1> <2>
    expected rate of return
    of options, plotting sensitivities of
    optimal
    optimization
    risks, returns, and weights
        randomized
    selection
portfolios
    analyzing
    of European stock options
        constructing greek-neutral
portopt
portrand
portsim
portstats
portvrisk
prbyzero
prdisc
present value
    of varying cash flow
    with fixed periodic payments
previous quasi coupon date
price
    change, Black-Scholes sensitivity to underlying
    forward
    of discounted security
    of Treasury bill
    volatility, Black-Scholes sensitivity to underlying
    with interest at maturity
pricing
    and analyzing equity derivatives
    and computing yields for fixed-income securities
    fixed-income securities
principal
prmat
profit, option
prtbill
purchase price
put and call pricing
    binomial
    Black-Scholes
pvfix
pvvar
pyld2zero

quasi coupon date
    previous
quasi-coupon dates

randomized portfolio risks, returns, and weights
rate of a security, discount
rate of return
    after-tax
    effective
    internal
    internal for nonperiodic cash flow
    modified internal
    nominal
    portfolio expected
redemption value
reference date
referencing matrix elements <1> <2>
remaining depreciable value <1> <2>
ret2tick
return arguments, function
rho
risk aversion
risk-free interest rates
risks
    returns, and weights
        randomized portfolio
row, column notation
row-by-column

scalar
    adding or subtracting
    multiplying a matrix by
second
seconds of date or time
securities industry association
sensitivity
    fixed-income
    measures for derivatives
    of a portfolio of options, plotting
    of an option, plotting
    of bond prices to changes in interest rates
    of cash flow
    to
        interest rate change, Black-Scholes
    to time-until-maturity change, Black-Scholes
    to underlying delta change, Black-Scholes
    to underlying price change, Black-Scholes
    to underlying price volatility, Black-Scholes
    visualizing to parallel shifts in the yield curve
settlement date
    coupon period containing
    days between previous coupon date and
    days between, and coupon date
    next coupon date after
SIA
    compatibility
    default parameter values
    framework
    order of precedence
    use of nonlinear formulas
SIA conventions
single quotes
singular matrices
solving
    sample problems with the toolbox
spreadsheets
square matrices
straight-line depreciation <1> <2>
strings
    and numbers in a matrix
    date <1> <2>
    input, matrices of
    stored as character array
subtracting
    a scalar and a matrix
    matrices
sum of years' digits depreciation <1> <2>
swap
synch date
synchronization date
system of linear equations

taxedrr
tbl2bond
term structure <1> <2> <3> <4> <5> <6> <7> <8> <9> <10> <11> <12>
    parameters from Treasury bond parameters
terminology, fixed-income securities
theta
three-dimensional graphics
tick labels
tick2ret
time
    current <1> <2>
    hour of
    minute of
    seconds of
time-until-maturity change
    Black-Scholes sensitivity to
today
tr2bonds
transposing matrices
Treasury bill
    bond equivalent yield for
    parameters to Treasury bond parameters
    price of
    yield of
Treasury bond
    parameters
        from Treasury bill parameters
        to term-structure parameters

ugarch
ugarchllf
ugarchpred
ugarchsim
uniform payment equal to varying cash flow

variable names
vector
    date
    of dates
vectors
    as arguments, limitations
    computing dot products of
    multiplying
    multiplying matrices and
vega
visualizing the sensitivity of a bond portfolio's price to parallel shifts in the yield curve
volatility
    Black-Scholes implied
    implied

week, day of
weekday
    date of specific, in month
weekday
workday, date of future or past
working days between dates
wrkdydif

x2mdate
xirr

year
    fraction of between dates
    number of days in
    of date
year
yeardays
yearfrac
yield
    curve <1> <2>
        visualizing sensitivity of bond portfolio's price to parallel shifts in
    for Treasury bill, bond equivalent
    functions for fixed-income securities
    of discounted security
    of security paying interest at maturity
    of Treasury bill
yields
    for fixed-income securities, pricing and computing
yield-to-maturity
ylddisc
yldmat
yldtbill

zbtprice
zbtyield
zero curve <1> <2> <3>
    from coupon bond prices
    from coupon bond yields
    from discount curve
    from forward curve
    from par yield curve
    to discount curve
    to forward curve
    to par yield curve
zero2disc
zero2fwd
zero2pyld
zero-coupon bond <1> <2> <3>