HomeDefinitionsCompareDebt Return to maturity expectationsThe financial definition for Return to maturity expectations:A variant of pure expectations theory that suggests that the return an investor will realize by rolling over short-term bonds to some investment horizon will be the same as holding a zero-coupon bond with a maturity that is the same as that investment horizon. Similar MatchesExpectations hypothesis theoriesExpectations hypothesis theoriesTheories of the term structure of interest rates, which include the pure expectations theory; the liquidity theory of the term structure, and the preferred habitat theory. These theories hold that each forward rate equals the expected future interest rate for the relevant period. These three theories differ, however, on whether other factors also affect forward rates, and how. Expectations theory of forward exchange ratesExpectations theory of forward exchange ratesA theory of foreign exchange rates that states that the expected future spot foreign exchange rate t periods from now equals the current t-period forward exchange rate. Homogeneous expectations assumptionHomogeneous expectations assumptionAn assumption of Markowitz portfolio construction that investors have the same expectations with respect to the inputs that are used to derive efficient portfolios: asset returns, variances, and covariances. Further SuggestionsLocal expectations hypothesis (LEH)Local expectations theory Rational expectations Unbiased expectations hypothesis Click to compare definitions of Return to maturity expectations Click to view definitions beginning re |