Suppose that the annual interest rate is 4%. You have a liability with a nominal value of

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Suppose that the annual interest rate is 4%. You have a liability with a nominal value of $300, and the payment will take place in two years. Construct the durationimmunizing portfolio that trades in two pure discount bonds: a one-year pure-discount bond with nominal value $100 and a three-year pure-discount bond with nominal value $100.
a. How many units of each bond should the portfolio hold?
b. If the rate drops to 3:5% after one year, is the value of all your positions at that time positive or negative? How much is it exactly?
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A portfolio is a grouping of financial assets such as stocks, bonds, commodities, currencies and cash equivalents, as well as their fund counterparts, including mutual, exchange-traded and closed funds. A portfolio can also consist of non-publicly...
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Organic Chemistry

ISBN: 9788120307209

6th Edition

Authors: Robert Thornton Morrison, Robert Neilson Boyd

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