An active fixed-income manager holds a portfolio of commercial and residential mortgage-backed securities that tracks the Bloomberg

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An active fixed-income manager holds a portfolio of commercial and residential mortgage-backed securities that tracks the Bloomberg Barclays US Mortgage-Backed Securities Index. Which of the following choices is the most relevant portfolio statistic for evaluating the first-order change in his portfolio’s value for a given change in benchmark yield?

A. Effective duration

B. Macaulay duration

C. Modified duration

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Fixed Income Analysis

ISBN: 9781119850540

5th Edition

Authors: Barbara S. Petitt

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