To Discuss:
The duration of a bond with settlement date May 27,2018and a maturity date November 15,2027 if the coupons are paid annually. Also, explain the reason for which the duration changes in the direction it does.
Introduction:
A bond is a security that creates an obligation on the issuer to make specified payments to the holder for a given period of time. The face
A zero-coupon bond is a bond where the face value is repaid at the time of maturity.
Yield to maturity is termed as the discount rate which makes the present payments from the bond and its price as equal, in simple terms it is the average
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