When Does "Duration" Become a Less Accurate Predictor of Expected

question 112

Multiple Choice

When does "duration" become a less accurate predictor of expected change in security prices?

• A)As interest rate shocks increase in size.
• B)As interest rate shocks decrease in size.
• C)When maturity distributions of an FI's assets and liabilities are considered.
• D)As inflation decreases.

Understand the implications of the bullwhip effect and methods to estimate its presence within a company.

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Definitions:

Market Risk Premium

The surplus return an investor aspires to earn by holding onto a market portfolio fraught with risks as compared to safeguarded, risk-free assets.

Beta

An indicator of the variability of a stock's performance compared to the general market, where a beta greater than 1 suggests a volatility superior to that of the market.

Standard Deviation

A statistic that measures the dispersion or variability of a dataset relative to its mean, used in finance to quantify the volatility of an investment.

Beta

A measure of a stock's volatility in relation to the overall market; it indicates the risk associated with a particular equity.