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Bonds

Duration

A measure of a bond's price sensitivity to interest rate changes.

In depth

Roughly: a bond with 5-year duration loses about 5% in price for each 1% rise in rates (and vice versa). Longer-maturity and lower-coupon bonds have higher duration. Duration is a primary risk measure for bond portfolios.

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