LOS b, (Part 4): Define and give examples of equity swaps.
Q1. An equity swap can specify that one party pay any of the following EXCEPT:
A) the return on a specific portfolio of three stocks including dividends.
B) the total return on a corporate bond.
C) the return on a single stock.
Q2. When one party pays a fixed rate of interest in an equity swap, which of the following is least accurate?
A) The equity-return payer will gain if the equity return is zero.
B) The fixed-rate receiver will never get more than the fixed rate.
C) Unlike other swaps, in an equity swap the one-quarter-ahead payment is not known at the end of the previous quarter.
Q3. A contract in which one party pays a fixed rate of interest on a notional amount in return for the return on a single stock, paid quarterly for four quarters, is a(n):
A) equity swap.
B) returns swap.
C) plain vanilla swap.
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