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.
这个题感觉怪怪的,这个人要降低duration,然后策略是long putable bond。long bond肯定是增加duration,怎么可能是降低呢。哪怕是putable bond,在利率上升的时候只能说价格对利率敏感度接近于0,但是还不是0