Setup B: George, a bond portfolio manager, owns the following four bonds with a combined market value of $20 million. The bond portfolio’s yield to maturity is 7.00 percent. When the government releases new economic numbers tomorrow, George believes yield to maturities will increase 100 basis points as there will be a parallel shift in yield curve.
Bond |
Market Value |
Duration (Years) |
A |
$2 million |
2.0 |
B |
$5 million |
3.0 |
C |
$6 million |
4.0 |
D |
$7 million |
5.0 |
Total |
$20 million |
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Bond duration approximates the percent change in the bond's price given 100 bp change in rates, with bond prices moving in opposite direction to the direction of movement in yield rates.
With this, we can calculate as shown in following screenshot:
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