Kabir Raj Case Scenario
Raj's interest rate forecast for Country A is materially different across the yield curve compared to the market. He observes that economic growth in Country A is strong and he expects inflation to accelerate more quickly than anticipated by the market. Raj also expects that the country's central bank will aggressively tighten monetary policy and reduce its balance sheet by selling long maturity bond holdings. He recommends that the firm's clients adjust their portfolios to capitalize on his economic views and interest rate forecast.
Raj forecasts an immediate increase to the current market spot rates shown in Exhibit 1.
Based on Raj's expectation for Country A's monetary policy change, which of the following portfolios would most likely perform best?
A. Duration neutral bullet portfolio
B. Duration neutral barbell portfolio
C. Bullet portfolio with extended duration
1) 请问什么是duration neutral bullet strategy? 这道题为什么选A?
2) Raj also expects that the country's central bank will aggressively tighten monetary policy and reduce its balance sheet by selling long maturity bond holdings. 答案说会更多地提高短期和长期利率,这和图中Raj对spot rate的预测是否相悖?图中似乎是中期利率提升得最多