The effective duration of the pool was reported by the state auditor as 7.4 years in December 1994. Suppose the Orange county did not liquidate the portfolio worth $7.5 billon. In 1995, interest rates went down by about 1.5 %. Compute the change of portfolio value predicted by the duration approximation.

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