As we’ve seen in the article on duration, the duration of a bond (whether Macaulay duration, modified duration, or effective duration) is not constant; amongst the factors that cause (all types of) duration to change is the bond’s yield to maturity (YTM). Because duration changes with YTM, using only a bond’s (or bond portfolio’s) modified […]

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