FINC 6014 Final Practice 1. Consider three semi-annual bonds given in the table below: a. Calculate the portfolio weights in bond A and bond B required to generate a barbell portfolio with the same duration as a bullet portfolio fully invested in bond C. Specifically, what is the weight in Bond A ? b. A portfolio should have higher convexity (barbell or bullet)? c. What is the convexity of the barbell portfolio created in Question a? d. Do any of the convexity numbers in the table seem wrong? Explain why? e. You go short 1 million dollars the barbell portfolio and long 1 million dollars the bullet portfolio. If straight after creating the long/short portfolio the yield curve steepened slightly, would this strategy make or lose money? Explain why