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heyue1994 · 2020年02月10日

问一道题:NO.PZ2019103001000040

问题如下:

McLaughlin and Michaela Donaldson, a junior analyst at Delphi, are now discussing how to reposition the portfolio in light of McLaughlin’s expectations about interest rates over the next 12 months. She expects interest rate volatility to be high and the yield curve to experience an increase in the 2s/10s/30s butterfly spread, with the 30-year yield remaining unchanged. Selected yields on the Treasury yield curve, and McLaughlin’s expected changes in yields over the next 12 months, are presented in Exhibit 1.

After recommending a portfolio strategy, McLaughlin tells Donaldson that using a duration-neutral, long/short structure may be a better strategy for attempting to enhance portfolio return. McLaughlin suggests that Donaldson consider a butterfly trade or a condor trade using some combination of 2-year, 5-year, 10-year, and 30-year bonds.

Given McLaughlin’s interest rate expectations over the next 12 months, which long/short structure would be most appropriate?

选项:

A.

Condor: short wings, long body

B.

Butterfly: short barbell, long bullet

C.

Butterfly: long barbell, short bullet

解释:

C is correct.

McLaughlin expects interest rate volatility to be high and the yield curve to experience an increase in the butterfly spread, with the 30-year yield remaining unchanged. Given these expectations, a long barbell (2s and 30s, short bullet [10s] butterfly trade would be most appropriate. The two-year yield is expected to slightly increase by 0.04%, resulting in minimal price impact given the relatively low duration of two-year bonds. Similarly, the 30-year yield is expected to remain constant, resulting in minimal price impact as well. The 10-year yield (+0.50%) is expected to increase by more than the 5-year yield (+0.40%), and with its higher effective duration, the 10-year would be appropriate for the short bullet part of the butterfly trade.

为什么选butterfly不选condor呢?

1 个答案

发亮_品职助教 · 2020年02月11日

嗨,努力学习的PZer你好:


利率的预期变动如下:

the yield curve to experience an increase in the 2s/10s/30s butterfly spread, with the 30-year yield remaining unchanged

以2/10/30分别代表短期,中期,长期的利率曲线,经历了Butterfly spread的Increase;

在Reading 19学到过,Butterfly spread的衡量如下:

Butterfly spread = 2 × Mid-rate - Long-term rate - Short-term rate;

这道题说Butterfly spread上升,就是指中期利率10年期利率相对上升,2年期利率相对下降,同时题干也说了30年期的利率保持不变。


这样的话,如果要受益于这样的利率曲线变动,我们要Short中期债券,Long长短期债券;

因为中期利率上升,对应中期债券价格下降,Short中期债券可以盈利;

同理,短期利率相对下降,短期债券价格相对上升,所以我们Long短期债券即可盈利;

不论是Condor还是Butterfly,一定是要有2个翅膀,Long 2-year是一个翅膀,所以需要Long 30-year构成另外一个翅膀。

所以能盈利的策略是:Short Body(就是Short中期债券),Long wings(就是Long长短期债券)

发现A选项的Condor策略刚好写反了,所以不选他。



从这道题我们也知道,在Condor、Butterfly的策略中:

Body就是指中期债券,Wings就是指长短期债券;所以Long body就是指Long中期债券。

Butterfly策略中,Long Bullet就是指Long 中期债券,Short barbel,就是指Short 两端(长短期)债券。


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