Which of the following statements best describes the forward rate bias? A. Investors tend to favor fixed-income

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Which of the following statements best describes the forward rate bias?

A. Investors tend to favor fixed-income investments in currencies that trade at a premium on a forward basis.

B. Investors tend to hedge fixed-income investments in higher-yielding currencies given the potential for lower returns due to currency depreciation.

C. Investors tend to favor unhedged fixed-income investments in higher-yielding currencies that are sometimes enhanczed by borrowing in lower-yielding currencies.


A financial analyst at an in-house asset manager fund has created the following spreadsheet of key rate durations to compare her active position to that of a benchmark index so she can compare the rate sensitivities across maturities.Tenor 2y 5y 10y 30y Portfolio KeyRateDurActi -0.532 0.324 5.181 1.142 6.115 Index KeyRate Dur 0.738 1.688

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Fixed Income Analysis

ISBN: 9781119850540

5th Edition

Authors: Barbara S. Petitt

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