You will be paying $9,500 a year in tuition expenses at the end
of the next two years. Bonds currently yield 8%.
a. What is the present value and duration of your
obligation?
b. What maturity zero-coupon bond would
immunize your obligation?
c. Suppose you buy a zero-coupon bond with
value and duration equal to your obligation. Now suppose that rates
immediately increase to 9%. What happens to your net position, that
is, to the difference between the value of...