Edgar wall is considering the purchase of one of the two bonds described in the following table. Wall realize his decision will depend primarily on effective duration, and he believes that interest rates will decline by 50basic points at all maturities over the next six months.

BOND DESCRIPTIONS

Characteristics	EBR	CRR
Market price	101.75	101.75
Maturity date	June 1,2021	June 1,2021
Call date	Noncable	June 1,2016
Annual coupon	6.25%	7.35%
Interest payment	Semiannual	Semiannual
Effective duration	7.35	5.40
Yield to maturity	6.02%	7.10%
Credit rating	A	A

(a). Calculate the percentage price change forecasted by effective duration for both the EBR and CRR bonds if interest rates decline by 50 basis points over the next six months. Show your work

(b). Calculate the six-month horizon return (in percent) for each bond. If the actual EBR bond price equal 105.55 and the actual CRR bond price equals 104.15 at the end of six months. Assume you purchased the bonds to settle on June 1, 2011 show your work.

Wall is surprised by the fact that although interest rates fell by 50 basis points, the actual price change for the EBR bond was greater than the price change forecasted by effective duration, whereas the actual price change for the CRR bond was less than the price change forecasted by effective duration

(c). Explain why the actual price change would be greater for the EBR bond and the actual price change would be less for the CRR bond.