While both strategies yield portfolios that have the same sensitivity to parallel shifts of the credit curve, they usually yield very different returns in real world scenarios. Not only will capital gains differ when the credit curve moves in a nonparallel way, but returns from carry differ also when the yield pickup from extending duration is not equal to the yield pickup from increasing the allocation to the sector. Of course, these presumptions are rarely met in reality. Increasing the allocation to a high beta sector like automotive usually generates more carry than extending duration. Therefore, over the long run, this strategy has proven more successful. The allocation strategy is also more intuitive with respect to the allocation of capital to different risk or spread classes.
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