The number of futures contracts that a bank will need in order to fully hedge its overall interest rate risk exposure and protect the net worth depends upon (among other factors): the relative duration of bank assets and the duration of the underlying security named in the futures the price of the futures All of the options are correct

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The number of futures contracts that a bank will need in order to fully hedge its overall interest rate risk exposure and protect the net worth depends upon (among other factors):

  1. the relative duration of bank assets and
  2. the duration of the underlying security named in the futures
  3. the price of the futures
  4. All of the options are correct

 

 

A financial institution that uses a long hedge is most likely:

  1. trying to avoid higher borrowing
  2. trying to avoid declining asset
  3. trying to avoid lower than expected yields from loans and
  4. trying to avoid higher borrowing costs or trying to avoid declining asset

 

 

An advantage of interest rate swap is that:

  1. it can help protect from interest rate
  2. it can help closely match the maturities of assets and
  3. it can help transform actual cash flows to more closely match desired cash flow
  4. All of the options are correct

 

Default risk on bonds can be evaluated by using:

  1. financial analysis
  2. bond ratings
  3. estimates of potential losses on bonds
  4. a and b

 

 

Risk-based capital rules cause banks to favor:

  1. government bonds
  2. revenue bonds
  3. all municipal bonds
  4. no municipal bonds
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