NO.PZ2021061002000063
问题如下:
A client owns 1,000 common
non-dividend-paying shares of K company, at a spot price of AUD124 per share.
The client enters into a forward commitment to sell all the position in three
months at a price of AUD 128.4.
Which of the following market events is
most likely to result in the greatest loss in the forward contract MTM value
from the client’s perspective?
选项:
A.The rise in the risk-free interest
rate.
A fall in the risk-free interest rate.
An immediate decline in the VIVU spot price
following contract inception.
解释:
中文解析:
根据题干可知,客户想要通过远期合约在3个月后减少持有的股票头寸,因此他应该进入的是short forward头寸。
Short forward头寸下,MTM value = F0(T)/(1+r)T-t - St
由上式可以看到:无风险利率上涨会使得MTM value下降,也就是会产生loss。因此选A。
而股票价格下跌,以及无风险利率的下跌会使得MTM value增加。
从逻辑上说,有一点不理解为什么forward contracts,在0时刻,v=0? 那是说在初始时,这个远期合约没有价值吗?感觉怪怪的,我花了钱去买了一个没有价值的东西? 怎么理解才是正确的呢?谢谢