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Duration

DURATION
BOND A
Coupon
Face value
Frequency
Maturity
Yield
Price
Macaulay Dur
Modified Dur
Dollar Dur

BOND B
6.50%
100
2
4
6.00%

101.755
3.590
3.486
3.547

Coupon
Face value
Frequency
Maturity
Yield
Price
Difference, A&B
Macaulay Dur
Modified Dur
Dollar Dur

Ian Giddy

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9.00%
100
2
5
9.00%
100.000
1.755
4.134
3.956
3.956

Duration

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Duration

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Duration

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Duration - The Long Way

DURATION, THE LONG WAY


MACAULAY DURATION
Yield
Bond A

Bond B

0.08
Time (year)
0.5
1
1.5
Cash-Flows
4
4
4
PV of CFs
3.84615 3.6982 3.556
Price
100
Weighted CFs
4
8
12
PV of weighted CFs
3.84615 7.3964 10.668
Sum of weight. CFs 377.509
Semiannual duration 3.77509
Macaulay duration 1.88755
Time (year)
Cash-Flows
PV of CFs
Price
Weighted CFs
PV of weighted CFs
Sum of weight. CFs
Semiannual duration

2
104
88.9

2.5

3.5

416
355.6

0
0

0
0

0
0

0.5
1
1.5
2
2.5
3
3.5
4.5
4.5
4.5
4.5
4.5
4.5
4.5
4.32692 4.1605 4.0005 3.8466 3.6987 3.5564 3.4196
104.055
4.5
9
13.5
18
22.5
27
31.5
4.32692 8.321 12.001 15.386 18.493 21.338 23.937
864.529
8.30835

With a yield of 8.00%


Bond A's Macaulay duration is 1.88755
Bond B's Macaulay duration is 4.15418

MODIFIED DURATION (Same inputs as Macaulay's).


With a yield of 8.00%
Bond A's Modified duration is 1.81495
Bond B's Modified duration is
3.9944

DOLLAR DURATION (Same inputs as Macaulay's)


With a yield of 8.00%
Bond A's Dollar duration is
181.495
Bond B's Dollar duration is
415.639

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Duration - The Long Way

4.5

0
0

0
0

0
0

4
4.5
5
4.5
4.5 104.5
3.2881 3.1616 70.596
36
40.5
1045
26.305 28.455 705.96

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