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Problem 318 of 333MediumCalculusP318
Duration, convexity and the size of the leftover
A 10-year zero-coupon bond with face value 100 is priced at an annually compounded yield , so . The yield is and jumps to .
Estimate the new price with a first-order and then a second-order Taylor expansion in . Without computing the exact price, give a bound on the error of the second-order estimate and say whether it is too high or too low. Then check against the exact price.
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