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Basic Question 7 of 24

The Macaulay duration is ______ the modified duration in estimating duration for bonds with embedded options ______.

A. weaker than; it does not consider changing cash flows
B. superior to; it does consider changing cash flows
C. equal to; because they both consider changing cash flows
D. equal to; because neither consider changing cash flows

User Contributed Comments 6

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harpalani Why D?
johntan1979 Why this why that... read the notes, dude.
enetis burn
dojoe rude
dbedford D because Macaulay and Modified operate around a fixed idea of CF.
sshetty2 see effective duration
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Learning Outcome Statements

explain why effective duration and effective convexity are the most appropriate measures of interest rate risk for bonds with embedded options

calculate the percentage price change of a bond for a specified change in benchmark yield, given the bond's effective duration and convexity

CFA® 2024 Level I Curriculum, Volume 4, Module 13.