
Certificate of Completion
THIS ACKNOWLEDGES THAT
HAS COMPLETED THE FALL 2025 QUANT FINANCE BOOT CAMP
Olti Myrtaj
Roman Holowinsky, PhD
NOVEMBER 13, 2025
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Hedging a U.S. Treasury Bond Portfolio and Modeling Interest Rate Risk
Olti Myrtaj

We build and test a quantitative framework to hedge a U.S. Treasury bond portfolio against interest-rate risk using liquid ETFs. This project models how shifting U.S. Treasury yields across different maturities may affect the value of bond portfolios. We estimate ETF sensitivities through regression and determine a hedging process that minimizes exposure to yield changes. This hedging strategy is validated using basktests on historical data and extended with a Vasicek yield-curve model and Monte Carlo simulations to generate realistic future interest rate scenarios, demonstrating a generalized and effective approach to managing fixed-income risk.
