Assuming No Change in the Credit Risk of a Bond

question 2

Multiple Choice

assuming no change in the credit risk of a bond, the presence of an embedded put option:

• A) reduces the effective duration of the bond.
• B) increases the effective duration of the bond.
• C) does not change the effective duration of the bond.

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