Derivatives

Derivative Benefits, Risks, and Issuer and Investor Uses practice questions

Derivative Benefits, Risks, and Issuer and Investor Uses is part of CFA Level I Derivatives. Derivatives questions cover forwards, futures, swaps, options, replication logic, payoffs, and risk-transfer mechanics. Use this page to review the controlling ideas, then work through 6 questions with answer explanations and common traps.

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Derivatives

Derivative Benefits, Risks, and Issuer and Investor Uses

The information discovery benefit of derivative markets is best illustrated by market participants:

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Derivative Benefits, Risks, and Issuer and Investor Uses

A portfolio manager wants to reduce a diversified equity portfolio's market exposure for three months and restore it afterward. Compared with selling the portfolio's shares and later repurchasing them, selling equity index futures most likely offers:

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Derivative Benefits, Risks, and Issuer and Investor Uses

Because jet fuel futures with a suitable expiration are unavailable, an airline hedges an anticipated jet fuel purchase by buying heating oil futures. When the hedge is closed, jet fuel prices have risen 9% while the heating oil futures price has risen only 5%, leaving the airline with a materially larger net fuel cost than planned. The shortfall is best attributed to:

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Derivative Benefits, Risks, and Issuer and Investor Uses

An investor holds a customized, long-dated over-the-counter option purchased from a dealer. When the investor seeks to exit the position early, the original dealer is the only party willing to quote a price, and its bid is well below the option's estimated model value. The investor's difficulty is best described as:

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Derivative Benefits, Risks, and Issuer and Investor Uses

A U.S. exporter forecasts EUR 50 million of sales receipts in six months and sells EUR 50 million forward against the U.S. dollar. Convinced that the euro will depreciate more than the forward rate implies, the treasurer then increases the total forward sale to EUR 90 million. The additional EUR 40 million forward position is best described as:

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Derivative Benefits, Risks, and Issuer and Investor Uses

A primary benefit of derivative markets to the financial system is that they most likely allow: