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You currently hold a 7-year fixed rate bond paying 1% annually. You would like to hedge against changes in the level and the slope of the yield curve and you plan to use a 2-year zero coupon bond and a 6-year zero coupon bond as hedging instruments. Use the following table to compute the adequate positions in the hedging instruments. You currently hold a 7-year fixed rate bond paying 1% annually. You would like to hedge against changes in the level and the slope of the yield curve and you plan to use a 2-year zero coupon bond and a 6-year zero coupon bond as hedging instruments. Use the following table to compute the adequate positions in the hedging instruments.


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Trial Balance

A bookkeeping worksheet in which the balances of all ledgers are compiled into debit and credit account column totals that are equal.

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