NO.PZ2018120301000020
问题如下:
After
providing Trey with advice on direct investment, Serena offered him additional
information on alternative indirect investment strategies using (1) bond mutual
funds, (2) exchange-traded funds (ETFs), and (3) total return swaps.
Trey
expresses interest in using bond mutual funds rather than the other strategies
for the following reasons.
1.
Reason 1: Total return swaps have much higher
transaction costs and initial cash outlay than bond mutual funds.
2.
Reason 2: Unlike bond mutual funds, bond ETFs
can trade at discounts to their underlying indexes, and those discounts can
persist.
3.
Reason 3: Bond mutual funds can be traded
throughout the day at the net asset value of the underlying bonds.
Which of Trey’s reasons for choosing bond mutual funds as an investment vehicle is correct?
选项:
A.Reason 1
B.Reason 2
C.Reason 3
解释:
Correct Answer: B
B is correct. Although a significant spread between the market price of the underlying fixed-income securities portfolio and an ETF’s NAV should drive an authorized participant to engage in arbitrage, many fixed-income securities are either thinly traded or not traded at all. This situation might allow such a divergence to persist.
虽然我明白,reason 1和3的表述直接是错的,但是为什么第二点能让他对mutual fund有兴趣呢?我觉得就算是ETF因为很难凑齐一篮子债券而导致不好套利,也不见得就一定要去投Mutual fund吧,还可以投TRS啊,不是更好吗?