NO.PZ201601050100001701
问题如下:
Based on Exhibit 1, the number of Treasury futures contracts Whitacre should
sell to fully hedge Portfolio A is closest to:
选项:
A.650.
743.
1,026.
解释:
B is correct.
The basis point value of Portfolio A (BPVP) is $130,342.94, and
the basis point value of the cheapest-to-deliver bond (BPVCTD) is $127.05 with
a conversion factor of 0.72382. The basis point value hedge ratio (BPVHR), in
the special case of complete hedging, provides the number of futures contracts
needed, calculated as follows:
中文解析:
本题考察的是使用债券期货合约调节组合的duration。
题干信息说想要完全对冲掉利率的影响,因此BPVT=0,直接带入公式
,计算即可。
注意最后的结果742.58需要四舍五入取整数,负号代表short,因此需要sell 743份合约。
为什么target bpv为0?