NO.PZ202112010200001901
问题如下:
Which bond rating category offers the highest expected excess return if credit spreads remain stable under current market conditions?
选项:
A.A rated bond category
BBB rated bond category
BB rated bond category
解释:
B is correct. Recall that expected excess spread is defined as follows:
E [Excess Spread] ≈ Spread0 –
(EffSpreadDur × ΔSpread) – (POD × LGD)
Because ∆Spread = 0, the expected excess spread is the simple difference between current OAS and expected loss, so E[Excess Spread] is 0.90%, 1.00%, and 0.25% for the A-, BBB-, and B rated categories, respectively.
这题的考点我理解的是在credit curve remain constant的条件下,买哪个债券获利最多。如果是这样的话,就不考虑credit spread和loss,那就直接选一个rating最低,也就是credit spread最大的,就是BBrating的那个。但是答案明显是考虑了 default loss的因素,请问题目里说了credit spread remain constant,那就是credit不变,就是不会default, 为什么还要考虑default loss呢?