medium · Principles of Finance valuation
A 10-year option-free bond with a face value of $1,000 currently trades at par. Its modified duration is 7.5 years and its convexity is 68.0.
If the market yield suddenly increases by 100 basis points, what is the approximate percentage change in the bond's price using the second-order Taylor approximation?
- -6.82%
- -7.84%
- -7.16%
- -7.50%
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