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1、精选优质文档-倾情为你奉上Test Bank: Chapter 7Swaps1. Suppose that the yield curve is flat at 5% per annum with continuous compounding. A swap with a notional principal of $100 million in which 6% is received and six-month LIBOR is paid will last another 15 months. Payments are exchanged every six months. The si
2、x-month LIBOR rate at the last reset date (three months ago) was 7%. Answer in millions of dollars to two decimal places.(i) What is the value of the fixed-rate bond underlying the swap? _ _ _ _ _ _(ii) What is the value of the floating-rate bond underlying the swap? _ _ _ _ _ _(iii) What is the val
3、ue of the payment that will be exchanged in 3 months? _ _ _ _ _ _ (iv) What is the value of the payment that will be exchanged in 9 months? _ _ _ _ _ _(v) What is the value of the payment that will be exchanged in 15 months? _ _ _ _ _ _(vi) What is the value of the swap? _ _ _ _ _ _ 2. A company can
4、 invest funds for five years at LIBOR minus 30 basis points. The five-year swap rate is 3%. What fixed rate of interest can the company earn? Ignore day count issues _ _ _ _ _ _ 3. Which of the following is true (circle one) (a) Principals are not usually exchanged in a currency swap (b) The princip
5、al amounts usually flow in the opposite direction to interest payments at the beginning of a currency swap and in the same direction as interest payments at the end of the swap. (c) The principal amounts usually flow in the same direction as interest payments at the beginning of a currency swap and
6、in the opposite direction to interest payments at the end of the swap. (d) Principals are not usually specified in a currency swap 4. Suppose you enter into an interest rate swap where you are receiving floating and paying fixed. Which two of the following is true? (circle two) (a) Your credit risk
7、is greater when the term structure is upward sloping than when it is downward sloping. (b) Your credit risk is greater when the term structure is downward sloping than when it is upward sloping. (c) Your credit risk exposure increases when interest rates decline unexpectedly. (d) Your credit risk exposure increases when interest rates increase unexpectedly. 专心-专注-专业