NO.PZ2021120102000004
问题如下:
An investment manager is considering decreasing portfolio duration versus a benchmark index given her expectations of an upward parallel shift in the yield curve.
If she has a choice between a callable, putable, or option-free bond with otherwise comparable characteristics, the most profitable position would be to:
选项:
A. own
the callable bond.
own the putable bond.
own the option-free bond.
解释:
B is correct. The value of a bond with an embedded option is equal to the sum of the value of an option-free bond plus the value to the embedded option.
With a putable bond, the embedded put option is
owned by the bond investor, who can exercise the
option if yields-to-maturity increase, as in this scenario.
Under A, the embedded call option is owned by
the bond issuer, who is more likely to exercise if
yields-to-maturity decrease (that is, the bond investor is short the call
option).
As for C, the option-free bond underperforms the putable bond given the rise in value of the embedded put option.
callable bond 是short the option on bond 啊,符合investment manager想要 decrease portfolio duration的的期望,况且现在upward parallel shift in the yield curve. short the the option on bond 可以获得gain