What is the relationship between Macaulay duration and Modified duration for an annual coupon bond?

Correct answer: Modified Duration = Macaulay Duration / (1 + YTM)

Explanation

Modified duration adjusts Macaulay duration by dividing by (1 + Yield) to reflect price sensitivity.

Other questions

Question 1

Which of the following is NOT one of the three sources of return for a fixed-rate bond investor?

Question 2

For an investor's yield-to-maturity at purchase to equal their realized rate of return, which assumption must hold?

Question 3

Uncertainty about the price at which a bond can be sold prior to maturity is best described as:

Question 4

If an investor has a shorter investment horizon, which risk is dominant?

Question 5

Macaulay duration is best defined as:

Question 6

If a bond pays coupons semiannually, how is the annualized Macaulay duration obtained?

Question 7

Modified duration is primarily used to measure:

Question 8

Which duration measure is most appropriate for bonds with embedded options like callable bonds?

Question 9

Calculate the approximate Modified Duration if a bond price drops from 100 to 98 when the yield rises by 50 basis points, and rises to 102 when the yield falls by 50 basis points.

Question 11

How does the duration of a bond typically react to an increase in maturity, holding other factors constant?

Question 12

How does an increase in the coupon rate affect a bond's duration?

Question 13

How does an increase in the Yield-to-Maturity (YTM) affect a bond's duration?

Question 14

For a callable bond, how does duration compare to a non-callable bond when yields are low?

Question 15

Money Duration is defined as:

Question 16

A bond has a Modified Duration of 6 and a full price of 1050. What is the Money Duration?

Question 17

The Price Value of a Basis Point (PVBP) represents the change in bond price for what magnitude of yield change?

Question 18

If the Money Duration of a bond is 6300, what is the estimated change in the bond price for a 0.5 percent change in yield?

Question 19

What is the Macaulay duration of a zero-coupon bond?

Question 20

What is the Macaulay duration of a perpetual bond with yield r?

Question 21

Which bond has a Macaulay duration equal to (T - t) / T, where T is the time between resets?

Question 22

Why do floating-rate instruments generally offer low interest rate risk to investors?

Question 23

If a bond's modified duration is 5.0, what is the approximate percentage change in price for a 1 percent increase in yield?

Question 24

What is the key difference between Modified Duration and Effective Duration regarding cash flows?

Question 25

For a Putable bond, how does duration behave when yields are high?

Question 26

Optionality of a bond will generally _________ the duration compared to an option-free bond.

Question 27

Which duration metric calculates the percentage change in the full price of a bond?

Question 28

If a bond has a Money Duration of 5000 and the yield changes by +0.01% (1 basis point), what is the change in price?

Question 29

In the formula for approximate Modified Duration, V_minus refers to:

Question 30

Which risk balances coupon reinvestment gain/loss against price loss/gain for a one-time parallel shift?

Question 31

Generally, the 'price risk' of a bond is higher when:

Question 32

Reinvestment risk matters more when:

Question 33

The difference between Macaulay duration and the investment horizon is known as the:

Question 34

If the Duration Gap is positive (Macaulay Duration > Investment Horizon), the investor is primarily exposed to:

Question 35

If a zero-coupon bond has 10 years to maturity and a yield of 10%, what is its Modified Duration?

Question 36

For a floating-rate note with a 180-day coupon period and 57 days elapsed since the last reset, what is the approximate Macaulay duration?

Question 37

What is the primary reason floating-rate instruments are useful in portfolio management?

Question 38

Which bond type always has a Macaulay duration equal to its time-to-maturity?

Question 39

Calculate the PVBP for a bond with a Money Duration of 450,000.

Question 40

If yield volatility is high, which duration measure is most critical for a callable bond?

Question 41

A bond's full price is 100. Its Modified Duration is 8. If the yield rises by 50 bps, the price is expected to:

Question 42

Why is the duration of a perpetuity not infinite?

Question 43

Which bond has the highest interest rate risk (duration), assuming equal yields and coupons?

Question 44

Which bond has the highest interest rate risk (duration), assuming equal maturity and yield?

Question 45

In the context of Money Duration, the term 'Dollar Duration' is synonymous with:

Question 46

If a bond's price increases by 4 when yield falls by 1%, what is the Modified Duration approx?

Question 47

What does a PVBP of 0.625 imply?

Question 48

For a fixed-rate bond, reinvestment risk is strictly:

Question 49

In the formula used for calculating Modified Duration from prices (V-, V+, V0), the divisor includes '2 * V0 * Delta_Yield'. Why is the factor '2' included?

Question 50

Which bond property leads to 'negative convexity' behavior where duration falls as yields fall?