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% Change in Price = Modified Duration * Change in YTM
= 4.66% * 0.1
= 0.466%
price will be decreased by 0.466%
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This was all the information that I was given. QUESTION 1 What is the duration of...
This was all the information that I was given.
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This was all the information that I was given.
QUESTION 1 What is the duration of a five year, $1,000 Treasury bond with a 10 percent coupon (paid semiannually) if its yield to maturity is 12 percent? SUGGESTION: use the duration calculation spreadsheet provided for this problem. QUESTION 2 What is the modified duration of the bond in question one? QUESTION 3 Using the modified duration value from question two, what is the predicted price change for the bond if...
Calculate the Duration and Modified Duration of each bond
(already completed). Create a chart the shows both measures
versus term to maturity. Does duration increase linearly
with term? If not, what relationship do you see?
А 2 Settlement Date 3 Maturity Date 4 Coupon Rate 5 Market Price 6 Face Value 7 Required Return 8 Frequency Bond A 2/15/2017 8/15/2027 4.00% 975.00 1,000.00 4.35% 2.00 Bond B 2/15/2017 5/15/2037 6.25% 1,062.00 1,000.00 5.50% 2.00 Bond C 2/15/2017 6/15/2047 7.40% 1,103.00...
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