Technical Notes - Interest Rate Volatility and Bond Prices
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چکیده
Managing interest rate risk requires measuring it first. Duration analysis has become an important tool, allowing portfolio managers to measure the sensitivitv of their portfolios to changes in 'the level of interest rates. But duration analysis has a number of serious drawbacks. Standard duration analysis, for instance, allows for only parallel shifts in the term structure. Thus portfolio managers may remain exposed to sub70 stantial risk arising from nonpar(Y) m m
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