Financial Risk Management MCQ Flashcards
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Which of the following best describes the current exchange rate?
Answer: Spot exchange rate
The price on the open market for a quick foreign exchange transaction is known as the outright spot exchange rate. It represents the rate at which two currencies can be exchanged at a particular moment. It assesses the value of financial derivatives like options, futures, and forwards.
Which of the following best describes the value of one currency compared to another?
Answer: Exchange rate
The rate at which one currency will be exchanged for another is known as the exchange rate. The majority of exchange rates are characterized as floating and fluctuate in response to market supply and demand. Some exchange rates are set or linked to the value of the currency of a specific country.
Which of the following concepts best describes the idea that the market will respond in an effort to get uncovered interest rate parity?
Answer: The international Fisher effect
According to the International Fisher Effect (IFE), a theory of economics, the expected difference between two currencies' exchange values is roughly equivalent to the difference between their respective nominal interest rates.
Interest rate risk may have an impact on
Answer: Bond prices and Reinvestment rates
Interest rate risk is the possibility that a shift in general interest rates would lower the value of a bond or other fixed-rate investment. Bond values decline when interest rates rise and vice versa. In order to balance the more enticing rates of new bond offerings, the market price of existing bonds declines.
There are two methods for reducing interest rate risk that are independent of the kind of bonds bought:
Answer: Immunization and hedging
Immunization is a risk-mitigation approach that balances the duration of assets and liabilities to shield portfolio values from fluctuations in interest rates.Hedging is a sophisticated risk management tactic that entails purchasing or disposing of security to potentially help lower the risk of a position's potential loss.
Financial futures contracts are primarily used in hedging strategies for the following reasons:
Answer: They allow an investor to control a large quantity of a security or commodity for a relatively small investment.
An investor is a person, business, or fund who purchases securities or other assets with the hope of making money off of changes in such assets' values over time. Stocks, bonds, exchange-traded funds, real estate, commodities, currencies, options, and derivatives are examples of common investments.
Risk of reinvestment rate is of concern because:
Answer: the ability to reinvest the money received from the bond at the same rate.
Reinvestment risk is the chance that an investor won't be able to reinvest cash flows from an investment, like interest or coupon payments, at a pace that is comparable to their present rate of return. The reinvestment rate is the name given to this new rate.
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