8006試験無料問題集「PRMIA Exam I: Finance Theory Financial Instruments Financial Markets - 2015 Edition 認定」
A fund manager holds the following bond positions in a client portfolio:
a. A long position worth $100m in a bond with a modified duration of 7.5 b. A short position worth $65m in a bond with a modified duration of 12 c. A long position worth $120m in a bond with a modified duration of 6 What is the impact of a 10 basis point increase in interest rates across the yield curve?
a. A long position worth $100m in a bond with a modified duration of 7.5 b. A short position worth $65m in a bond with a modified duration of 12 c. A long position worth $120m in a bond with a modified duration of 6 What is the impact of a 10 basis point increase in interest rates across the yield curve?
正解：D
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A stock sells for $100, and a call on the same stock for one year hence at a strike price of $100 goes for $35.
What is the price of the put on the stock with the same exercise and strike as the call? Assume the stock pays dividends at 1% per year at the end of the year and interest rates are 5% annually.
What is the price of the put on the stock with the same exercise and strike as the call? Assume the stock pays dividends at 1% per year at the end of the year and interest rates are 5% annually.
正解：D
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[According to the PRMIA study guide for Exam 1, Simple Exotics and Convertible Bonds have been excluded from the syllabus. You may choose to ignore this question. It appears here solely because the Handbook continues to have these chapters.] A company that uses physical commodities as an input into its manufacturing process wishes to use options to hedge against a rise in its raw material costs. Which of the following options would be the most cost effective to use?
正解：A
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A hedge fund offers a fund with an expected volatility of 12% and expected returns of 12%. The risk free rate is 4%. An institutional investor wants the hedge fund manager to invest 60% of their total allocation to the fund, and the rest in the risk free asset. What expected return and volatility can the institutional investor expect?
正解：A
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An investor has a portfolio with a value of $1,000,000 and a beta of 2.5. He believes the portfolio carries more market risk than he desires and wishes to reduce the beta to 1. How many futures contracts should be buy or sell to reduce the beta if the futures contracts have a beta of 1.2 and the notional value of each contract is
$240,000?
$240,000?
正解：C
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Which of the following statements are true:
I. The swap rate, also called the swap spread, is initially calculated so that the value of the swap at inception is zero.
II. The value of a swap at initiation is different from zero and is equal to the difference between the NPV of the cash flows of the two legs of the swap III. OTC swaps are standardized and limited to a defined set of standard contracts IV. Interest rate and commodity swaps are the types of swaps that are most traded
I. The swap rate, also called the swap spread, is initially calculated so that the value of the swap at inception is zero.
II. The value of a swap at initiation is different from zero and is equal to the difference between the NPV of the cash flows of the two legs of the swap III. OTC swaps are standardized and limited to a defined set of standard contracts IV. Interest rate and commodity swaps are the types of swaps that are most traded
正解：C
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Imagine two perpetual bonds, ie bonds that pay a coupon till perpetuity and the issuer does not have an obligation to redeem. If the coupon on Bond A is 5%, and on Bond B is 15%, which of the following statements will be true:
I. The Macaulay duration of Bond A will be 3 times the Macaulay duration of Bond B.
II. Bond A and Bond B will have the same modified duration
III. Bond A will be priced at less than 1/3rd the price of Bond B
IV. Both Bond A and Bond B will have a duration of infinity as they never mature
I. The Macaulay duration of Bond A will be 3 times the Macaulay duration of Bond B.
II. Bond A and Bond B will have the same modified duration
III. Bond A will be priced at less than 1/3rd the price of Bond B
IV. Both Bond A and Bond B will have a duration of infinity as they never mature
正解：B
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Which of the following statements are true:
I. An yield curve plots zero coupon spot rates for different maturities for bonds with different credit ratings II. An yield curve represents the term structure of interest rates for similar instruments across a range of maturities III. The liquidity preference theory explains why the yield curve can be downward sloping IV. The term structure refers to the relationship between bond yields and bond maturities
I. An yield curve plots zero coupon spot rates for different maturities for bonds with different credit ratings II. An yield curve represents the term structure of interest rates for similar instruments across a range of maturities III. The liquidity preference theory explains why the yield curve can be downward sloping IV. The term structure refers to the relationship between bond yields and bond maturities
正解：A
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