A portfolio Manager in Country A sees the following yields on essentially the same securities: Country A 4.5% Country B 5.5% The manager further believes the forward rate premium for a currency forward agreement is based upward against Country B. This portfolio Manager will most likely short currency A. buy currency B, and remain unhedged. O B buy currency A and remain unhedged. A buy currency and sell forward currency B for A 0.5 pts A portfolio manager (PM) received an economic report warning of an economic slowdown in the near term. An analyst reporting to the PM provided the following information on excess spread given the economic forecast: Rating Category A Baa E (Excess Spread) -1.725 -3.250 -8.750 -15.025 Ba B Based on this information, the portfolio manager's most likely tactical strategy under this scenario is to: O short Ba and issues and buy more A and Baa issues sell a CDS on an investment-grade high-yield bond Index and buy a CDS on a high-yield bond Index. short A and Bas issues because they are overvalued and buy more Ba and B issues because they are undervalued Question 14 0.5 pts Which of the following is considered a building block for strategies to manage credit risk separately from interest rate risk? Interest rate swaps Credit default swaps Interest rate swaptions Question 15 0.5 pts An active portfolio manager believes that current credit spreads are reasonably priced, Economic forecasts suggest that credit curves will remain stable or unchanged over the next two years while credit defaults and annual loss rates are expected to remain low. The manager's portfolio is constrained against lowering the weighted-average portfolio credit rating. This portfolio manager will most likely: lower the credit rating of the portfolio self short-credit-duration securities and buy long-credit-duration securities of the same rating. o sell short and long-credit-duration securities and buy intermediate credit-duration securities of the same rating