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Identify the rule, formula, or decision criterion before reading the answer choices. CFA Level I distractors often use the right vocabulary with the wrong condition.
Fixed Income
Duration practice questions
Duration is part of CFA Level I Fixed Income. Fixed Income questions focus on bond cash flows, yield measures, duration, convexity, credit risk, securitization, and curve interpretation. Use this page to review the controlling ideas, then work through 2 questions with answer explanations and common traps.
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Fixed Income
Duration
A 3-year bond with face value 100 pays a 4% annual coupon and yields 5% annually. Its Macaulay duration is closest to:
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Duration
A bond has Macaulay duration of 7.20 years, YTM of 6.00% compounded semiannually, full price of 98.40 per 100 par, and no embedded options. Its modified duration and PVBP per 100 par are closest to:
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