Bond prices and yields move inversely to each other – as a bond’s price falls, its yield rises, and vice versa. 

Bond yields and prices shift constantly in response to market forces: interest rate expectations, the credit quality of the issuer, and evolving supply and demand conditions.

 

 

Fixed Income 101: Understanding bond yields and prices

Fixed Income 101: Understanding bond yields and prices

Duration is often said to measure a bond’s sensitivity to changes in interest rates, because it describes what is likely to happen to a bond’s price for a given change in the bond’s yield. 

For fixed income investors, duration is a crucial metric for understanding how exposed your portfolio may be to changes in monetary policy.

 

 

Fixed Income 101: Understanding bond duration

Fixed Income 101: Understanding bond duration

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