Intermediate Financial Management (MindTap Course List)
Intermediate Financial Management (MindTap Course List)
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ISBN: 9781337395083
Author: Eugene F. Brigham, Phillip R. Daves
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 4, Problem 2Q

“Short-term interest rates are more volatile than long-term interest rates, so short-term bond prices are more sensitive to interest rate changes than are long-term bond prices.” Is this statement true or false? Explain.

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To discuss:  Whether the given statement is true or false.

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The prices of short term bond are less sensitive when compared with the prices of long-term bond to the changes in the rate of interest as the funds invested in the short-term bonds could be reinvested at a new rate of interest faster than the funds that are tied up in the long-term bonds.

Hence, the statement is false.

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