NO.PZ2018113001000036
问题如下:
Mary just received $30 million. She plans to invest these funds at risk free rate of 3% and then converts them into euros in six months. To hedge the currency risk, Mary decides to long forward contracts. Six-month forward rate is 1.10 USD/EUR. Spot rate is 1.13 USD/EUR. The day-count convention is 30/360. If Mary uses a six-month forward contract to hedge the risk, the realized annualized return in euros will be?
选项:
A.6.58%
B.8.69%
C.7.32%
解释:
B is correct.
考点:forward管理汇率风险
解析:
要计算对冲后的欧元的收益率,即需要比较现在转换的欧元和投资6个月之后用forward转换的欧元,计算期间的年化收益率。
如果现在转换欧元,即用spot rate转换,可以获得30,000,000/1.13=€26,548,673
投资6个月转换的欧元=30,000,000(1+3%)0.5/1.1=€27,678,795
假设年化收益率=r
26,548,673(1+r)0.5=€27,678,795,可计算出r=8.69%
1、为什么这里用复利,单利可以吗
2、题目问的是用远期合约的收益,利用远期6个月后市值就是:
投资6个月转换的欧元=30,000,000(1+3%)0.5/1.1=€27,678,795
为什么要用没有用远期合约情况下市值做基数?