Volatile High Interest Rates Have Directly Caused More Emphasis on Duration

question 23

Multiple Choice

Volatile high interest rates have directly caused more emphasis on duration analysis because:

• A)investors have responded to the new environment by switching from short-term to longer-term securities.
• B)prices of longer-term bonds are more sensitive to shifts in interest rates than shorter-term bonds.
• C)duration analysis measures the degree of bond price sensitivity.
• D)All of the above

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