An insurance company is analyzing two bonds and is using duration as the measure of interest rate risk. Both the bonds trade at a yield to maturity of 8 percent, have $10,000 par values, and have five years to maturity. The bonds differ only in the amount of annual coupon interest that they pay: 5 and 7 percent. What is the duration for each five-year bond?

An insurance company is analyzing two bonds and is using duration as the measure of interest rate risk. Both the bonds trade at a yield to maturity of 8 percent, have $10,000 par values, and have five years to maturity. The bonds differ only in the amount of annual coupon interest that they pay: 5 and 7 percent. What is the duration for each five-year bond?

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