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CFA level 2 - 2013
Fixed Income
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Finance
Professional
01/23/2013

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Term
Factors effect treasury return?
Definition
changes in level of yield, changes in slope, changes in curvature
Term
What is the Use of duration?
Definition
quantify exposure to a parallel shift in yield curve
Term
In addition to duration what else needed to supplement duration measure?
Definition
key rate duration
Term
Limitation of using just on-the-run issues to construct theoretical spot rate curve ?
Definition
Large gap, issue is special for repo, loss information about the yield on other Treasury securities
Term
If all T-bills and Treasury coupon securities are used to construct the theoretical spot rate curve, bootstrapping method can be used or not ?
Definition
No, because there might be more than 1 issue for a give maturity
Term
Problems with using Treasury strips to construct theoretical spot rate curve?
Definition
tax, liquidity, maturity sectors that non-US investors might want to trade off yield for tax advantages
Term
what is the meaning of 1 year forward rate 7 years from now, 6.4% ?
Definition
6.4% is the rate investor can lock in today by buying 8 years zero coupon bond or buying 7 years zero coupon bond and when it matures reinvest in another zero coupon that has 1 year to maturity
Term
What is implied volatility?
Definition
Volatility observed from prices of options and caps (issues with this method: assume the option pricing model is correct and difficult for interpreting
Term
Barbell, Ladders and Bullet Fixed income portfolio ?
Definition

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