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Duration and Immunization

In: Lecture Notes in Investment Investment Fundamentals

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  • Eliezer Prisman

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This chapter is dedicated to the study of the sensitivity of the price of bonds and portfolios of bonds to changes in interest rates. A measure of the sensitivity of bond prices to changes in interest rates, called duration, was first suggested by Macaulay in 1938. The field of fixed income securities has evolved tremendously since that time and the academic literature now criticizes this measure. As we proceed with the development and understanding of this measure, we will also gain insight into this critique. And while risk management methods based on durations are also subject to the same critique, empirical observations prove these methods to be quite successful. The literature mentions that pension funds and insurance companies that have used such methods over a few decades rarely missed their goals. Furthermore, we believe that this chapter will significantly help in developing the readers’ intuitions about interest rate risk and volatility of bond prices, thereby paving the way to more advanced models that are beyond the scope of this course.

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  • Eliezer Prisman, 2020. "Duration and Immunization," World Scientific Book Chapters, in: Lecture Notes in Investment Investment Fundamentals, chapter 4, pages 67-80, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd..
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:wschap:9789811219566_0004
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    Equality Markets; Bond Markets; Investment Fundamentals;
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    JEL classification:

    • G11 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Portfolio Choice; Investment Decisions
    • G10 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - General (includes Measurement and Data)

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