James Johnson bought a 3-year plain vanilla bond that has yield of 4.7% and 4% coupon paid annually, for
$87,139. Macauley's duration of the bond is 2.94 years. Rate volatility is 20% of the yield. The bond's
annualized volatility is therefore:
In additional to the commodity-specific risks, which of the following risks represent the main commodity
derivative risks?
I. Basis
II. Term
III. Correlation
IV. Seasonality
SigmaBank has many branches that offer the same products and services. Which one of the four following
statement presents an advantage of using RCSA questionnaire approach in the SigmaBank's operational risk
framework?
A credit rating analyst wants to determine the expected duration of the default time for a new three-year loan,
which has a 2% likelihood of defaulting in the first year, a 3% likelihood of defaulting in the second year, and
a 5% likelihood of defaulting the third year. What is the expected duration for this three-year loan?
US-based BetaBank have accumulated Japanese yen, Japanese government bonds, options on Japanese yen,
and positions in commodities that have a positive correlation with yen. Which one of the four following
non-statistical risk measures could be used to evaluate the BetaBank's exposure to the Japanese economy?