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John owns a bond portfolio worth $2 million with duration of 10.
What positions must he take to hedge this portfolio against a small parallel shifts in the term structure.

  1. Long position worth $2 million with duration of 10.
  2. Long position worth $20 million with duration of 1.
  3. Short position worth $2 million with duration of 10.
  4. Short position worth $20 million with duration of 1.

Answer(s): C



Oliver McCarthy owns a portfolio of bonds.
Which of the following choices equals the modified duration of Oliver's portfolio?

  1. Minimum of the modified durations of the component bonds
  2. Value-weighted average modified duration of the component bonds
  3. Coupon-weighted average modified duration of the component bonds
  4. Maximum of the modified durations of component bonds

Answer(s): B



An asset manager just bought a coupon paying bond with principal value $100,000 for $87,000 with a current yield of 4.7%. He assumes that if the yields change to 5.7% the price of the bond would be $84,500. Based on this assumption what is the modified duration of the bond?

  1. 2,507.
  2. 97.12.
  3. 2.97.
  4. 2.88.

Answer(s): D



Which one of the following statements describes Macauley's duration?

  1. The change in value of a bond when yields increase by 1 basis point.
  2. The weighted average life of the bond payments.
  3. The present value of the future cash flows of a bond calculated at a yield equal to 1%.
  4. The percentage change in a bond price when the yields change by 1%.

Answer(s): B






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