medium · Debt Capital Markets pricing-yields-curve

Which of the following describes the behavior of a callable bond's duration as market yields fall and approach the call price?

  1. Effective duration decreases as the bond begins to behave more like a short-term instrument maturing on the call date.
  2. The bond's duration stays fixed regardless of yields because its stated coupon rate never changes over the bond's life.
  3. Effective duration rises toward infinity as the market price converges on the call price and redemption becomes certain.
  4. Effective duration increases steadily because the time remaining to the bond's final stated maturity date is unchanged.

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