NO.PZ2016031201000020
问题如下:
Assume an asset pays no dividends or interest, and also assume that the asset does not yield any non-financial benefits or incur any carrying cost. At initiation, the price of a forward contract on that asset is:
选项:
A.lower than the value of the contract.
B.equal to the value of the contract.
C.greater than the value of the contract.
解释:
C is correct.
The price of a forward contract is a contractually fixed price, established at initiation, at which the underlying will be purchased (or sold) at expiration. The value of a forward contract at initiation is zero; therefore, the forward price is greater than the value of the forward contract at initiation.
中文解析:
本题比较的是期初时,远期合约的价格和价值的比较。
远期合约的价格是在期初就确定下来的一个固定的值,而远期合约的价值在期初一定是等于0的,所以在期初的时候远期合约的价格一定是大于价值的。
老师在另一个回答中写道:
衍生品期初价值为0,但是期末未必为0,由于预期的现货价值会和实际有差异,这个差异就会产品衍生品的期末价值,而在t期间,由于市场情况的变化,投资者对现货的价值预期也会变化, 所以value和price之间的关系是波动的。比如,一份远期合约,1年后可以按10元购买一个苹果,苹果的远期价格按无风险利率折现的现值等于8块钱,那么这份合约在t=0时刻的价格为8元,价值为0元。1年后,苹果的价格为12元,合约可以用10元购买,合约的价值变成了2元。
想问,1年后价格变成12,合约价值不应该等于(12)减去(10元折现到第一年年末的现值)么?为啥合约价值直接等于12减10了呢。。