Any Model That Seeks to Estimate an Efficient Frontier for Loans

question 37

Multiple Choice

Any model that seeks to estimate an efficient frontier for loans, and thus the optimal proportions in which to hold loans made to different borrowers, needs to determine and measure the

• A)expected return on each loan to a borrower.
• B)risk of each loan made to a borrower.
• C)correlation of default risks between loans made to borrowers.
• D)expected return of the entire loan portfolio
• E)All of these.

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Definitions:

Coupon Rate

Annually, the interest earned on a bond represented as a percentage of its face value.

Premium Bond

Bond prices and interest rates are inversely related; that is, they tend to move in the opposite direction from each other. A fixed-rate bond will sell at par when its coupon interest rate is equal to the going rate of interest, rd. When the going rate of interest is above the coupon rate, a fixed rate bond will sell at a “discount” below its par value. If current interest rates are below the coupon rate, a fixed rate bond will sell at a “premium” above its par value.

Floating Rate Bond

A floating rate bond is a bond with a variable interest rate, which adjusts periodically according to a specified benchmark.

Variable Rate

An interest rate that can change over the period of a loan or mortgage, based on an underlying benchmark interest rate or index.