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Re: Duration and Convexity of a Floating Rate Bond

Posted by Luigi Ballabio on Dec 24, 2013; 11:06am
URL: http://quantlib.414.s1.nabble.com/Duration-and-Convexity-of-a-Floating-Rate-Bond-tp14689p14776.html

Hello,
    you would have to write a corresponding formula for the value of
the floating-rate bond, expressing the future LIBOR fixings in terms
of the ytm. Once you have that, I guess you can obtain the duration by
derivation.

Luigi

On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 4:50 PM, asavoldi <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Yes correct. You might use ZCB_value(t) = FaceValue / (1 + ytm)^n, where ytm
> is the yield to maturity, n are the periods to redemption, and ZCB_value(t)
> is the current market value. For other sensitivity indicators (e.g.
> Duration) we might use the standard formula (D = (-1/P)*dP/dytm). Another
> way to calculate the duration of a ZCB, as well as for an FRN
> (Floating-Rate-Note), is by calculating the time to maturity (i.e. D =
> (t_maturity - todaysDate)/365).
>
> Regards.
>
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