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问题如下:
Given McLaughlin’s interest rate expectations over the next 12 months, one way that Donaldson and McLaughlin could alter convexity to enhance expected return would be to:
选项:
A.sell call options on bonds held in the portfolio.
B.buy call options on long-maturity government bond futures.
C.sell put options on bonds they would be willing to own in the portfolio.
解释:
B 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. To increase the portfolio’s expected return, Donaldson and McLaughlin should buy call options on long-maturity government bond futures to increase convexity.
这个题看了一些回答但还是有些地方不明白
1)预期yield curve有变动时long convexity,stable时short convexity,这个我知道。但不应该是预计这个变动在短期发生时才要long convexity么?而看表格中2 年期的interest rate还是stable的,到5年 10年期才预测有变动,这么久了还可以long convexity么?难道不是因为2年内都没变动,反而要short 一个两年的option么?
2)看之前的回答说long convexity要保证duration不变,在此基础上具体long多久的option要怎么判断?是根据预测的利率变动么?比如在这个题目中就要long 5年或10年期的option,那option的期限只要大于5-10年,把这段时期的变动cover进去就可以?
3)还是只要是long option不管期限多久都可以增加portfolio的convexity?(我看之前的答案好像是这个意思)。如果option的期限其实无所谓,也可以long 短期?那如果long 2年期的option,interest rate还没变化就已经到期了,岂不是亏了?(就像第一个问题)