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Crash Course forFixed Income
CFA Level-I Exam
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Debt Investment
Basics of BondBonds & RiskManagement
Advanced Features ofBonds
Bond Pricing
Basic Features ofBond Structures
Basics of FloatingRate Bonds
Repayment / Pre-payment Provisions
Yield Calculation
Indenture: Agreement containing the termsunder which money is borrowed.
Par value: Amount borrower promises to payon or before maturity date of the issue
Term to maturity: Length of time until loancontract or agreement expires.
Coupon rate when multiplied by par value,gives amt of interest to be paid each period
Zero-coupon bonds: No interest; bonds aresold at a deep discount to their par values
To derive a bond's valueusing spot rates, discount theindividual cash flows bybenchmark rate for eachflow's time horizon. Sum ofPV of the cash flow is bond'scurrent value. This value isthe arbitrage free value.
Q. Given the following spot rates calculatethe value of 3 year, 6% treasury bond?1 year5% 2 year5.5% 3 year6%Ans.
1046.100
%)61(
106
%)5.51(
6
%51
632
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Debt Investment
Basics of BondBonds & RiskManagement
Advanced Features ofBonds
Bond Pricing
Basic Features ofBond Structures
Repayment / Pre-payment Provisions
Yield Calculation
Bullet bonds: Lump sum at maturity, pays entire principal.
Amortizing securities: periodic principal & interest payments.
Serial bonds: Pay- off principal through series of payments overtime.
Sinking fund provisions for bond retirement through pre-definedprincipal payments over life of the issue.
Call provisions: Issuer has right (but not obligation) to retire all orpart of issue prior to maturity. Issuer owns option to call the bondsaway from investor.
Non-refundable bonds prohibit premature retirement of an issuefrom proceeds of a lower coupon bond. Bonds that carry theseprovisions can be freely callable but nonrefundable
Basics of FloatingRate Bonds
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Basic Features ofBond Structures
Basics of Floating Rate
Bonds
Repayment / Pre-payment Provisions
These securities payvariable rate of interest.Common procedure for
setting coupon rates onfloating rate bonds starts withreference rate; then adds/subtracts a stated spread.
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Interest Rate Risk
Credit Risk
ReinvestmentRisk
Inverse Relationship b/wInterest Rates & Bond Prices.
Floating Rate Securities havevery low level of price volatility
Longer maturity bonds. Higher interest raterisk (all else same).Smaller coupon bonds. Higher interest raterisk (all else same).If market interest rates are high, pricevolatility will be lower than if market interestrates are low If call/put option is embedded, then interestrate risk will be lower
If coupon rate > required market yieldbond price > par value : premium bondIf coupon rate < required market yieldbond price < par value : discount bondIf coupon rate = required market yieldbond price = par value : par bond
CallPrice
Calloption
value
Option free bond
Price
Yield
Put optionvalue
Callablebond
Putable bond
Sovereign Risk
Event Risk
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Interest Rate Risk
Credit Risk
Reinvestment Risk
If interest rates decline, investors areforced to reinvest at lower yields. Bonds with high coupons have greaterrisk.Greatest risk is with callable bonds,where all or part of principal can be repaidin low interest rate environment.Zero Coupon Bonds eliminatereinvestment risk
Credit spread risk: credit spread isdifference in bond's yield and yield on
risk-free security. All else equal,riskier the bond, higher the spreadDowngrade risk: Bond may bereclassified as riskier security by amajor rating agency.Default risk: Issuer might not makepayments.
Q. How much reinvestment incomeneeds to be generated to get a CAGR of7% from 6%, 10 year treasury bond?Ans. =100*(1.035)20= 198.98Required reinvestment income =198.98100(3*20) = 38.98
Sovereign RiskEvent Risk
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Interest Rate Risk
Credit Risk
Reinvestment RiskRisks in investing in aforeign bond:Adverse Price Change
Credit Spread RiskDowngrade Risk
DefaultUnwillingness offoreign governmentto payInability to pay dueto unfavorableeconomicconditions
The ability of an issuer to makeinterest and principal paymentchanges drastically and unexpectedly
because of one of the followingfactors:A natural disasterAn industrial accidentA takeoverCorporate restructuringA regulatory change
Sovereign RiskEvent Risk
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Accrued Interest &Clean Prices
Full price/Dirty Price includes accruedinterest. Bond price without accruedinterest is clean price.Full price = Clean price + Accrued interest
Basic Bond Pricing
Treat each cash flow as a single zero-coupon bond & find PV of each bondusing appropriate spot rates for eachcash flow. Prices must be the same toprevent arbitrage.
Discount at constant rate applied to allcash flows (YTM) to find all future cash
flows' PV
Q.What is the market price of a ten year, $1,000bond with a 5% coupon paid annually, if thebondsyield-to-maturity is 6%?Ans.= 50/1.061+ 50/1.062+.+1050/1.0610
= 926.40
Q. If you want to purchase a $1,000 bondwith a 5% coupon, paid semiannually.Today is July 15th. The last coupon waspaid June 30th. If the quoted price is $902,how much is the cash or full priceAns. Cash Price = Quoted Price + AccruedInterest = 902 + (1,000)(0.05)(15/365)
= 902 + 2.05 = $904.05
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Using Calculator:Y=6%, T=10, PMT=50, FV=1000CMP PV -> -926.40
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Current yield = annualcoupon payment / bond
priceConverting a bondequivalent yield (BEY) to anequivalent annual yield(EAY) or vice versa:BEY of an annual pay bond
Annual equivalent Yield=(1+(BEY/2))2-1
Q.If a bond has a 5.5% annualpay coupon and the currentmarket price of the bond is
$1,050, the current yield isAns. = 55/1050 = 5.24%
YTM is a IRR based on bond price& its future cash flow
..YTM)(1
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YTM)(1
CFPriceBond
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Forward rate is a lending rate fora future loan(1+S2)
2= (1+S1)*(1+1f1)Q. Calculate the 1yr fwd rate twoyears from now, if S1=4% S2=5%& S3=6%Ans.(1+S3)
3= (1+S2)2*(1+1f2)
1f2 = 8.03%
1YTM1*2 1/2PayAnnual
Nominal Spread
Z-SpreadSolve for ZS where price =
OAS
Option Adjusted Spread = Z-Spread Option Cost
Yield Volatility
When the yield level ishigh, a change in interestrates does not produce alarge change in price.
However, when yields
are low, changes in interestrates produces a largechange in price.
TreasuryBond YTMYTMSpreadNominal
2121
Coupon
ZSrateSpot1yr1
Coupon
ZSrateSpotyr
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Expectations Hypothesis:Yield curve shape reflectsinvestor expectations aboutfuture behavior of short-terminterest rates. Fwd ratescomputed using today's spotrates are best guess of futureinterest rates.
Term Structure Theories
Liquidity PreferenceTheory: Investorsprefer greater liquidityand will demandpremium forilliquidity(higher yieldsto invest in longer-termissues).
Market SegmentationTheory: Market for debtsecurities is segmented onbasis of investors maturitypreference. Each segment'sinterest rate level isdetermined bysupply/demand
Duration & ConvexityOther Duration Measures
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Term Structure TheoriesDuration & Convexity
Convexity is a measure of degree of
curvature or convexity in the price/yieldrelationship. Convexity accounts for amt oferror in estimated price (based on duration)
Duration is the slope of a bond's price-yieldfunction. It is steeper at low interest rates,
flatter at high interest rates. So, duration(interest rate sensitivity) is high at low ratesand low at higher rates, this holds for noncallable bonds.
A callable bond is likely to be called as
yields fall, so no one will pay a pricehigher than the call price. The price won'trise significantly as yield falls & you'll seenegative convexity at work as yields fall,prices rise at a decreasing rate. For apositively convex bond, as yields fall,prices rise at an increasing rateEffective duration (D) =(V--V+)/(2V0(y))
Convexity measures curvature of the price yieldfunction
Note:y is in decimal form
Q. Calculate the new price of a bondcurrently trading at 105.5 having a durationof 7.5, if its yield rises to 6.5% from 6.2%?Ans. % change in price =-0.3%*7.5=-2.25%
= (1 - 2.25%)*105.5 = 103.1263
Modified duration assumes that bond is a noncallable bond, due to which cash flows of the
bond will not change in calculation of duration
YTM1DurationMacaulay
DurationModified
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Other Duration Measures
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DV01/PVBPIt is the absolute value of the changein the price of a bond for a 1 basispoint change in yield
Term Structure Theories
Dollar DurationThe approximate dollar pricechange for a 100bps changein yield
Duration & Convexity Other Duration Measures
ValueBond*0.01%*DurationPVBP
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Question 1
A floating rate issue has the following provision in which the coupon rate is calculated
as 6- month LIBOR80 basis points. The issue has a floor at 5.5%. If the 6-monthLIBOR on the reset date is 5.8%, the coupon rate is closest to
A. 4.5%
B. 5.5%
C.5.0%
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Answer 1
B.
Coupon rate = ref rate + quoted margin = 5.8% - 80 basis points = 5.0%. Since thefloater has a floor at 5.5%. The coupon is set to 5.5% on the reset date.
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Question 2
A buyer of a bond pays the seller $105 2/5 for a at par bond. The bond is cum-coupon.
The full price and the clean price is closest toFull Price Clean Price
A 5 2/5 $100
B 3 3/8 $105
C 2 1/2 $100
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A.
The full price = bond price + accrued interest. Since the bond is at par the bond price is$100 (clean price) and the accrued interest is 5 2/5.
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Question 3
For a 100 basis points downward shift in the yield curve which of the following bonds
will have the lowest percentage price changeA. An option-free bond
B. A callable bond
C.A putable bond
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Answer 3
B.
The value of a callable bond does not rise as much as a comparable option-free bond.Price of a putable bond = price of an option-free bond + price of the embedded put. Sowhen the yield curve is shifted downwards the price of a putable bond will changemore than a comparable option-free bond.
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Question 4
Carl and Karen are CFA Level I candidates. Carl says that a zero coupon bond has
higher interest rate risk than a coupon bond of the same maturity. While Karen saysthat a callable bond has higher volatility risk than an option-free bond. Which of the twostatements are most likely correct
Carl Karen
A. No Yes
B Yes No
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Answer 4
B.
Callable options have lower volatility risk than option-free bond because of theembedded call option in the bond. Zero-coupon bonds have a higher interest rate riskand their prices can change significantly if the yields change.
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Question 5
GNB has a portfolio of mortgage loans. These amortizing loans have three distinct
cash flows. Which of the following is least likely to be considered as a cash flow for themortgages
A. Interest payments
B. Servicer costs
C.Scheduled principal payments
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Answer 5
B.
Servicer costs are not one of the cash flows from a mortgage
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Question 6
Sally makes the following statement regarding corporate debts, CPs is a long term
note that can have maturity of up to 15 years or more. In an IAN (Index AmortizingNote) the maturity increases when interest rate increases. Sally is most likely correctregarding
Commercial Papers IAN
A Correct Incorrect
B Incorrect Correct
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B.
CPs is a short term note. Maturity of IANs increases when the rates rise. An IAN issimilar to a CMO and the maturity lengthens as interest rates go up.
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Question 7
Smith is comparing the yields that he gets from investing in two securities. The first one
is a taxable issue A with a yield of 8.75%, the other is a tax-exempt issue B with a yieldof 6.25%. Smith is in the 40% marginal tax bracket. In which of the securities is Smithmost likely to invest
A. Security A; since the yield is higher
B. Security B; since the tax-equivalent yield is higher
C. Both the securities provide the same yield
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Answer 7
B.
Tax-equivalent yield for security B is 6.25 %/( 1-0.4) = 10.42% which is significantlyhigher than the yield for security A.
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Question 8
Carl says that treasury strips offered by his bank are guaranteed by the full faith and
credit of the US Government. He also says that strips provide better yield as comparedto an on-the-run Treasury security of the same maturity. Carl is most likely
A. Correct regarding both the statements
B. Incorrect regarding one of the statements and Correct regarding the other
C. Incorrect regarding both the statements
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Answer 8
A.
Treasury strips are created by stripping securities issued by the US Government,hence they are effectively guaranteed by the full faith and credit of the US government.Since they are zero coupon securities they provide a better relationship between yieldand maturity as compared to a comparable on-the-run Treasury security of the samematurity. Strips do not face any reinvestment risk as they do not pay any coupons.
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Question 9
A callable bond will have a higher yield spread than a comparable putable bond. The
statement is most likelyA. Correct; the call option is favorable to the issuer hence the bond should have a
higher yield
B. Correct; the put option is favorable to the issuer hence the bond can have a loweryield
C. Incorrect; the call option embedded in the bond is favorable to the investor hence
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Answer 9
A.
A call option is favorable to the issuer hence the yield spread relative to a Treasurysecurity should be larger than that of a comparable putable bond.
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Question 10
For an 8% 10-year semi-annual coupon bond the discount rate is 6.5% p.a. The fair
value is closest toA. 110.9
B. 112.9
C.102.9
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Answer 10
A.
For the 10-year 8% semi-annual coupon bond. The cash flows include 20 couponpayments and one principal payment. Using the cash flow function in your calculatorthe NPV= 110.9
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Question 11
For a 7% 3-year semi-annual option-free bond. The Treasury spot rates are
6 month 5.2%
12 month 5.5%
18 month 5.8%
24 month 6.0%
30 month 6.2%36 month 6.5%
The bond is at par. Calculate the no-arbitrage price for the bond. If the market price is$104.5 the BEY is closest to
No-arbitragePrice BEY
A 102.34 5.45%
B 101.48 5.36%
C 104.5 5.25%
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Answer 11
B.
No-arbitrage price is calculated by discounting all the cash flows by the spot ratesCash Flow PV Factor PV of Cash Flow
3.5 0.9747 3.41
3.5 0.9472 3.32
3.5 0.9178 3.21
3.5 0.8885 3.113.5 0.8584 3.00
103.5 0.8254 85.43
Total PV of Cash Flows 101.48
The bond equivalent yield can be calculated by using the CF function
Input 6 cash flows for coupon payment and one principal payment cash flow. CF0 =104.5 CPT IRR. IRR = 2.68%
BEY = 2* IRR = 5.36%
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Question 12
A fixed income analyst makes the following two statements
Statement 1: YTM assumes that coupon payments are reinvested at the rate equalto the cash flow yield.
Statement 2: The bond is assumed to be held till maturity.
Statement 1 Statement 2
A Correct Correct
B Correct Incorrect
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Answer 12
A.
Both the statements are true.
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Question 13
An option-free bond has duration of 5.25 and convexity of 94.6. The change in the
value for a 100 bps upward shift in the yield curve is closest toA. - 5.2405%
B. - 5.273%
C.- 5.354%
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Answer 13
A.
Duration effect = -5.25*0.01*100 = -5.25Convexity effect = 94.6 * (0.01)2 = 0.0095
Total effect = -5.2405%
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Question 14
A bond is likely to get matured in next three years has a par value of $500 and a
coupon rate of 7.75% payable semiannually. Which of the following is closest amountof semiannual coupon payment?
a. Rs 38.75
b. Rs 19.375
c. Rs 19.75
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Answer 14
B.
The correct answer is Rs 19.375=500*7.75%/2 =19.375
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Question 15
Institutional users use a number of methods for borrowing money for the purchase ofbonds, the least likely method of borrowing is
A. Margin buying
B. Repurchase agreement
C. Loan against property
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Answer 15
C.
Institutional users generally borrow margin money through collateralized securities orthrough a repurchase agreement. Loan against property is generally not permitted fortrading activities.
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Question 16
A $100 par value bond has duration of 12.7 If the price rises to 104.57 when the yielddeclines by 50 basis points, the price when the yield rises by 50 basis points is closestto
A. 95.7
B. 91.8
C.92.5
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Answer 16
B.
Duration = Price if yield declinesprice if yield rises /( 2 * (initial price) * (change inyield in decimals))
Price if yield rises = 104.5712.7*(2*100*0.005)= 91.8
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Question 17
Carl an analyst with a fixed income hedge fund states that investments in high yieldsecurities from emerging economies carries a number of risk factors. Which of thefollowing is least likely to be listed as a risk when investing in high yield securities fromemerging markets
A. Sovereign risk
B. Exchange rate risk
C.Downgrade risk
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Answer 17
C.
A high yield bond has generally a low-credit and is of speculative nature. Investmentsin foreign currency bonds carry exchange rate risks. The bonds also have sovereignrisk due to the risk of actions of the foreign government in case of default.
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Question 18
Carl a fixed income analyst is discussing investment strategies with Karen. He saysthat a $ 100mn 8% 10-year semi-annual T-note issued by the US government can bestripped into 20 Treasury strips. The 20th treasury strip is the final coupon and principalstrip and has a maturity value of $104mn. Karen disagrees with both the points. She ismost likely correct regarding
Number of Treasury Strip Maturity value
A Incorrect IncorrectB Correct Correct
C Incorrect Correct
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Answer 18
B.
The Treasury note can be stripped into 20 coupon strips and one principal strip. The21st strip is the principal strip of $100mn. When Karen disagrees with Carl she iscorrect regarding both the point
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Question 19
Bart wants to invest in a municipal bond. Which of the following is he least likely toinvest in
A. Tax backed bonds
B. Revenue bonds
C. Bankruptcy bonds
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Answer 19
C.
The types of municipal bonds are a) tax backed bonds b) revenue bonds c) specialbond structures
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Question 20
Ted makes the following statements:
Statement 1: In a bought deal the underwriting firm offers the issuer to buy a specifiedamount of securities with a certain coupon rate and maturity.
Statement 2: In a bought deal the underwriting firm usually has presold most of thesecurities and has hedged its interest rate risk.
Which of the above statements is most likely to be correct?
Statement 1 Statement 2
A Correct Incorrect
B Correct Correct
C Incorrect Incorrect
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Answer 20
B.
Both the statements are true for bought deals
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Question 21
The pure expectation theory suggests that an upwardly sloping curve means that therates are expected to rise. However the liquidity preference theory an upwardly slopingcurve least likely suggests
A. The future interest rates are likely to rise
B. The rates will be unchanged or may even fall; but yield premium will change
C. The rates will be unchanged or may even fall; but yield premium will remain thesame
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Answer 21
C.
Liquidity preference theory says that an upward sloping yield curve may indicate thatthe rates are likely to rise or remain unchanged or even fall with a change in the yieldpremiums
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Question 22
A 10-year Treasury security has a yield of 5.2%. A 10-year corporate bond issued byMotorola has a yield of 5.65%. The absolute spread, relative spread and the yield ratiois closest to
A. 45 bps; 9%; 1.09
B. 40 bps; 9%; 1.10
C. 45 bps; 8%; 1.09
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Answer 22
A.
Absolute spread = 5.655.2 = 0.45Relative spread = 0.45/5.2 = 9%
Yield ratio = 5.65/5.2 = 1.09
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Question 23
Carl is discussing valuation models with Karen. Carl states that all valuation modelsare calibrated using on-the-run Treasury securities. Karen states that volatility ofinterest rates can vary from period to period; all models make some criticalassumptions regarding the volatility of short term interest rates. The two statements aremost likely
Carls Statement Karens Statement
A Incorrect Incorrect
B Correct CorrectC Correct Incorrect
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B.
Both the statements are true. Treasury securities are used for calibrating a model. Themodel should give a value equal to its market price. Also all the models make someassumptions regarding volatility.
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Question 24
Karen invests in an 8% 5-year semi-annual callable bond on 5th January 2010. TheZ-spread for the callable bond is 150bps. The option cost is 56 bps. The OAS is closestto
A. 100 bps
B. 94 bps
C. 206 bps
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B.
OAS = Z-spreadoption cost = 150 -56 = 94 bps
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Question 25
Sally states that there are a number of yield measures that are used traditionally in thebond market. The least likely yield measure that is used
A. Yield to call
B. Yield to worst
C. Yield to settlement
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C.
Yield to settlement is not a traditional measure of yield. The yield measures that aregenerally used are a) yield to maturity b) yield to call c) yield to put d) yield to worste)current yield f) cash flow yield.
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Question 26
Carl manages the following portfolio
The value for the portfolio duration is closest to
A. 5.833
B. 4.351
C. 4.555
Coupon Maturity Par Value Market Value Duration
8% 5 years $ 5 mn $ 4 mn 4.87
11% 7 years $ 10mn $11.4mn 5.72
9.75% 10 years $ 15mn $14.5mn 8.50
10.25% 5 years $ 20mn $ 21.2 4.25
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A.
Issue Market Value MV % of Port Folio Value Duration MV% * Duration
A $ 4mn 7.83% 4.87 0.3813
B $ 11.4mn 22.31% 5.72 1.2761
C $14.5mn 28.38% 8.50 2.4123
D $ 21.2mn 41.49% 4.25 1.7633Total $ 51.1mmn 100% 5.8330
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Question 27
Duration is not a good measure for large changes in yield. Duration also assumes thatthe yield curve will shift in a parallel fashion. The statements are most likely
A. Both statements are correct.
B. Only one statement is correct.
C. Both the statements are incorrect.
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A .
Both the statements are correct as the duration measure is not useful for measuringchanges in price when there are large changes in yield. The duration also assumesthat yields change is parallel across the entire yield curve.
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Question 28
A straight 7% bond with two years to maturity is priced at $97.65. A putable bond whichis similar to straight bond in all aspects except for the put feature is priced at $98.45
and a callable bond that is same as the straight bond except for the call feature ispriced at $96.95. Which of the following will be the closest value of the call option andput option?
Call option value Put option value
A. $0.75 $0.75
B. $0.8 $0.7C. $0.7 $0.8
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C.
Call option value: $0.7, Put option value: $0.8
Call option value= 97.6596.95 =0.7
Put option value= 98.4597.65=0.8
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Which of the following is true:
A. When the yield level is high, a change in interest rates produces a large change inprice.
B. When yields are low, changes in interest rates produces a large change in price.
C. Change in Yields at any level will produce the same change in price
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B.
When the yield level is high, a change in interest rates does not produce a large changein price.
However, when yields are low, changes in interest rates produces a large change inprice.
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