INVESTMENTS(LL)W/CONNECT
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ISBN: 9781260433920
Author: Bodie
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Publishing Co.
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Chapter 16, Problem 5CP
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Summary Introduction
To calculate: Duration of the 4.75% treasury security and total bond portfolio.
Introduction: Effective duration of the portfolio established a relationship between price of portfolio and bond yield after the maturity period. It says about changes in price and resulting changes in yields.
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Summary Introduction
To explain: Circumstances when portfolio price sensitivity is equal to the non callable treasury security having same duration.
Introduction: The bond portfolio consist zero coupon bonds in it. Thus the duration of both means bond portfolio as well as zero coupon bond will be equal.
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Frank Meyers, CFA, is a fixed-income portfolio manager for a large pension fund. A member of the Investment Committee, Fred Spice, is very interested in learning about the management of fixed-income portfolios. Spice has approached Meyers with several questions.Meyers decides to illustrate fixed-income trading strategies to Spice using a fixed-rate bond and note. Both bonds have semiannual coupon periods. Unless otherwise stated, all interest rate changes are parallel. The characteristics of these securities are shown in the following table. He also considers a 9-year floating-rate bond (floater) that pays a floating rate semiannually and is currently yielding 5%.
Characteristics of Fixed-Rate Bond and Fixed-Rate Note
Fixed-Rate Bond
Fixed-Rate Note
Price
107.18
100.00
Yield to maturity
5.00%
5.00%
Time to maturity (years)
18
8
Modified duration (years)
6.9848
3.5851
Spice asks Meyers to quantify price changes from changes in interest rates. To illustrate, Meyers…
client Colin Limited’s pension plan obligation has a duration of 16 and a convexity of 29. Colin’s immunization strategy will use 3 bonds, issued by firms named Eleonore, Frissel, and Greta, respectively.
The bonds have the following parameters:
Bond
Duration
Convexity
Eleonore
9.00
29.00
Frissel
21.00
35.00
Greta
28.00
56.00
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