NO.PZ2021120102000004
问题如下:
An investment manager is considering decreasing portfolio duration versus a benchmark index given her expectations of an upward parallel shift in the yield curve.
If she has a choice between a callable, putable, or option-free bond with otherwise comparable characteristics, the most profitable position would be to:
选项:
A. own
the callable bond.
own the putable bond.
own the option-free bond.
解释:
B is correct. The value of a bond with an embedded option is equal to the sum of the value of an option-free bond plus the value to the embedded option.
With a putable bond, the embedded put option is
owned by the bond investor, who can exercise the
option if yields-to-maturity increase, as in this scenario.
Under A, the embedded call option is owned by
the bond issuer, who is more likely to exercise if
yields-to-maturity decrease (that is, the bond investor is short the call
option).
As for C, the option-free bond underperforms the putable bond given the rise in value of the embedded put option.
putable bond 相比callable bond 是具有positive convexity的特点,是不是可以理解为预测未来的利率上升,bond price下降,所以持有putable 涨多跌少跌少的特点导致债券价格下降更小,可不可以这么理解呢?