While Investment Managers Can Alter the Interest Rate Sensitivity of Their

question 28

Multiple Choice

While investment managers can alter the interest rate sensitivity of their portfolios with cash market instruments, a quick and inexpensive means for doing so (on either a temporary or permanent basis) is to use ________.

• A) bond indentures.
• B) stock index contracts.
• C) interest rate treaties.
• D) futures contracts.

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