Consider a Bond Selling at Par with Modified Duration of 10.6

question 12

Multiple Choice

Consider a bond selling at par with modified duration of 10.6 years and convexity of 210.A 2 percent decrease in yield would cause the price to increase by 21.2%,according to the duration rule.What would be the percentage price change according to the duration-with-convexity rule?

• A) 21.2%
• B) 25.4%
• C) 17.0%
• D) 10.6%
• E) none of these.

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