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问题如下:
If the Brown and Company forecast comes true, which of the following is most likely to occur? The value of the embedded option in:
选项:
A.Bond 3 decreases.
B.Bond 4 decreases.
C.both Bond 3 and Bond 4 increases.
解释:
A is correct.
All else being equal, the value of a put option decreases as the yield curve moves from being upward sloping to flat to downward sloping (inverted). Alternatively, a call option’s value increases as the yield curve flattens and increases further if the yield curve inverts. Therefore, if the yield curve became inverted, the value of the embedded option in Bond 3 (putable) would decrease and the value of the embedded option in Bond 4 (Callable) would increase.
如果利率升高,债券价格会低,这个时候put option会更值钱;如果利率降低,债券价格会上升,这个时候call option更值钱。
但是利率反转是从高到低,这个是从表1中推导出来的是吧,就是因为表1中的利率是一直在上升,后来因为invert,才会下降。