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You own $250 mil of the UST 2½ (SA) 3yr bond. The bond is currently trading at the “current” YTM for 3yr bonds. Please compute the Duration of this bond (to two decimal places).
0yr 1yr 3yr 5yr 7yr 10yr 30yr UST 1.26 1.78 2.18 2.43 2.55 2.63 2.90
Bond Price | $1,009.24 |
Face Value | 1,000 |
Coupon Rate | 2.50% |
Life in Years | 3 |
Yield | 2.18% |
Frequency | 2 |
Macaulay Duration | 2.9094 |
Modified Duration | 2.88 |
Period | Cash Flow | PV Cash Flow | Duration Calc |
0 | ($1,009.24) | ||
1 | 12.50 | 12.37 | 12.37 |
2 | 12.50 | 12.23 | 24.46 |
3 | 12.50 | 12.10 | 36.30 |
4 | 12.50 | 11.97 | 47.88 |
5 | 12.50 | 11.84 | 59.20 |
6 | 1,012.50 | 948.74 | 5,692.42 |
total | 5872.63 |
Macculay duration = 5872.63/(1009.24/2)=2.9094
Modified duration= 2.9094/(1+(0.028/2))=2.88