Front-end bullets

[broadex]

Galli wrote:
A

Thanks Galli please explain.

 

[FrankCFA]

CFA curriculum:
Front-end bullets (i.e., bullet structures with 1- to 5-year maturities) have great appeal for investors who pursue a “barbell strategy” in which both the short and long end of the barbell are US Treasury securities. There are “barbellers” who use credit securities at the front or short-end of the curve and Treasuries at the long-end of the yield curve.
Bold part says A
Italic part says B
….Confusing…

 

[Galli]

I’d assume that a barbell strategy that uses US treasuries has less risk thus is the ‘most correct’ answer.

 

[broadex]

Thanks to all. The correct answer is A per the prep provider. But i thought B is also correct as i think i have read extensively somewhere in the curriculum about B.