問題四:
Example 9-13 FRM Exam 1997- Question 45
In the commodity markets , being long the future and short the cash exposes you to which of the following risks ?
a ) Increasing backwardation
b ) Increasing contango
c ) Change in volatility of the commodity
d ) Decreasing convexity
答覆:
該題目是問你若在原物料市場,做期貨多頭,而放空現貨,會曝露在什麼樣的風險?
(a)反向的增強
(b)正向的增強
(c)原物料波動率的變動
(d)減少凸性
由於你放空的部位是現貨,因此,你最怕現貨市價上漲,造成軋空。會使得現貨市價上漲的情況是反向程度的加深,使現貨市價更形高漲。因此,答案為(a)。