A zero-coupon swap involves the exchange of cash flows where the fixed-rate side pays a lump sum at maturity. Learn its key ...

A treasury receipt is a bond that's purchased at a discount in return for a payment of full face value at its date of maturity. Understand what makes them unique.

I seem to recall some sort of mechanism that someone coded in C++ to prevent discarding the return value of a function. But I can't remember what it was, or quite for certain if I'm remembering it ...