If You Expected Interest Rates to Rise, You Would Prefer

question 114

Multiple Choice

If you expected interest rates to rise, you would prefer to own bonds with

• A) short maturities and low coupons.
• B) long maturities and high coupons.
• C) long maturities and low coupons.
• D) short maturities and high coupons.
• E) None of these are correct.

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