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问题如下:
Which of the following statements best describes the forward rate bias?
选项:
A.Investors tend to favor
fixed-income investments in currencies that trade at a premium on a forward basis.
Investors tend to hedge fixed-income investments in higher-yielding currencies given the potential for lower returns due to currency depreciation.
Investors tend to favor unhedged fixed-income investments in higher-yielding currencies that are sometimes enhanced by borrowing in lower-yielding currencies.
解释:
C is correct.
Forward rate bias is
defined as an observed divergence from interest
rate parity conditions under which active investors seek to benefit by
borrowing in a
lower-yield currency and investing in a higher-yield currency.
A is incorrect since lower-yielding currencies trade at a forward premium. B is incorrect due to covered interest rate parity; fully hedged foreign currency fixed-income investments will tend to yield the domestic risk-free rate.
老师关于B选项之前的回答
【B选项:还是假设A/B的汇率表达形式,A代表高利率,B代表低利率。B选项说投资者投资A,担心未来A的汇率贬值,那么会用forward currency rate来hedge,也就是covered interest parity所表达的意思。根据covered interest parity,跨国投资是无利可图的,所以,如果投资者认为未来A会贬值,那么也会有两种操作,一是A贬值到无利可图,那么投资者就不会做这个跨国投资了,所以谈不上hedged investment;如果未来虽然贬值,但考虑汇率调整后的RDC只要仍大于在本国投资的收益,投资者也会继续投资同时不用forward currency rate来hedge,仍然unhedged,所以,B的表述也是不正确的。】
但是不太明白,为什么认为货币A会贬值,就要么不投资,要么不hedge?
不是应该:A国的收益率高,所以投资A国,但是担心汇率下降,所以用hedge方式来锁定汇率,这样更保险啊