NO.PZ2023100703000070
问题如下:
In May of 2005, General Motors and Ford was downgraded to junk status, the correlations of the assets in the CDO decreased. How the price of the assets change?
选项:
A.The price of mezzanine tranche increased but the price of equity tranche decreased.
B.The price of mezzanine tranche decreased but the price of equity tranche increased.
C.The price of both mezzanine tranche and equity tranche increased.
D.The price of both mezzanine tranche and equity tranche decreased.
解释:
A downgrade to junk status typically leads to a sharp bond price decline. When the correlations of the assets in the CDO decreased, the performance of equity tranche was worse than economic prosperity period.相关性下降,equity层价值下降,而垃圾债PD高,那mezzanine不是应该和equity一样价值会下降吗?