11. Barbell example. On June 16, 2014, a fund manager is considering the purchase of $1 million...

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11. Barbell example.

On June 16, 2014, a fund manager is considering the purchase of $1 million face amount of US Treasury 1 1 2s with a maturity date of May 31, 2019 at a cost of 990,468.75. The manager examines the bond further and, using his Bloomberg terminal, notices that the bond has a yield of 1.701% and a modified duration of 4.748. Before deciding to buy the bond the manager considers the information in the following table about two other bonds:

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Principles Of Financial Engineering

ISBN: 9780123869685

3rd Edition

Authors: Robert Kosowski, Salih N. Neftci

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