What is the duration of a five-year, $1,000 Treasury bond with a 10 percent semiannual coupon selling

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What is the duration of a five-year, $1,000 Treasury bond with a 10 percent semiannual coupon selling at par?

Selling with a yield to maturity of 12 percent? 14 percent?

What can you conclude about the relationship between duration and yield to maturity? Plot the relationship. Why does this relationship exist? (LG 3-7)

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ISE Financial Markets And Institutions

ISBN: 9781265561437

8th International Edition

Authors: Anthony Saunders, Marcia Cornett, Otgo Erhemjamts

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