Question

In a period of falling interest rates, a bond dealer would engage in which of the following activities?I Raise prices in interdealer quote publications such as Bloomberg for municipal bondsII Place "request for bids" in services such as Bloomberg on appreciated positions where the dealer has no current interestIII Bid for bonds to cover previously established short positionsIV Buy put options on debt instruments to hedge existing short positionsA. I and II onlyB. III and IV onlyC. I, II, IIID. I, II, III, IV

Answer 1

Answer:

C. I, II, III

Explanation:

In a period of falling interest rates, a bond dealer would engage in all of the following activities except for IV. Therefore, a dealer would raise his quoted price in Bloomberg. If the dealer has an appreciated bond that he wishes to sell, he can place ''Request for Bids'' for those bonds in Bloomberg. The dealer may buy bond the he has previously sold short to limit losses due to rising price. To protect existing short position against the rising price, the dealer will buy call options, not put options. Put options are used in protecting existing long position from falling price.