NO.PZ2018113001000079
问题如下:
Herbert is a portfolio manager for a trust fund, which holds stocks and
bonds in its portfolio.
Herbert expects interest rates to decrease, so
he wants to use equity index and bond futures to adjust current asset
allocations. Exhibit 1 shows the current and target asset allocations. Exhibit
2 shows selected data on the portfolio and the relevant futures contracts.
How many futures contracts should Herbert
buy or sell to achieve the desired asset allocation?
解释:
Answer:
Herbert needs to reduce the equity allocation by $15,000,000 = $65,000,000-$50,000,000
The number of equity index futures contracts required:
Herbert should sell 600 equity index futures contracts.
Herbert needs to increase the bond allocation by $15,000,000 = $50,000,000-$35,000,000
Herbert should buy 56 bond futures contracts (after rounding)
中文解析:
本题考察的是使用股指期货合约和债券期货合约进行资产配置。
根据题干的意思可知,现在想要降低股票在组合中的占比,增加债券在组合中的占比。
因此第一步是通过卖出股指期货合约来降低股票头寸,第二步再通过买入债券期货合约来增加债券头寸。具体合约的份数按照上述公式计算即可。
因为股票要减少,所以S要不要带人负数