Macaulay Duration — The weighted average term to maturity of the cash flows from a bond. The weight of each cash flow is determined by dividing the present value of the cash flow by the price, and is a measure of bond price volatility with respect to interest rates … Investment dictionary
Macaulay — Macaulay, MacAulay, or McAulay may refer to: Contents 1 Name 1.1 Surname 2 People 2.1 Surname 2.2 Gi … Wikipedia
Duration — Die Duration ist eine Sensitivitätskennzahl, die die durchschnittliche Kapitalbindungsdauer einer Geldanlage in einem festverzinslichen Wertpapier bezeichnet. Genauer genommen und allgemein formuliert ist die Duration der gewichtete Mittelwert… … Deutsch Wikipedia
duration — A sophisticated measure of the average timing of cash flows from an asset or a liability or from an asset portfolio or a liability portfolio. Essentially, duration is a more accurate measure of maturity because it reflects the timing of cash… … Financial and business terms
Duration — La duration d un instrument financier à taux fixe, comme une obligation, est la durée de vie moyenne de ses flux financiers pondérée par leur valeur actualisée. Toutes choses étant égales d ailleurs, plus la duration est élevée, plus le risque… … Wikipédia en Français
Duration — Du*ra tion, n. [OF. duration. See {Dure}.] The state or quality of lasting; continuance in time; the portion of time during which anything exists. [1913 Webster] It was proposed that the duration of Parliament should be limited. Macaulay. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
modified duration — Macaulay duration adjusted for compounding. The figure for Macaulay duration is divided by the sum of one plus the rate divided by the number of compounding periods per year. A more accurate measure of the weighted average time remaining until… … Financial and business terms
Bond duration — Financial markets Public market Exchange Securities Bond market Fixed income Corporate bond Government bond Municipal bond … Wikipedia
effective duration — (1) One of several methods of expressing duration. More accurate than Macaulay duration or modified duration. See convexity, duration, Macaulay duration, and modified duration (2) A synonym for empirical duration. See empirical duration. (3) A… … Financial and business terms
negative duration — (1) The name for a particular relationship between changes in the price of a debt security and changes in prevailing interest rates. When a security has negative duration, its price decreases in response to a decrease in prevailing market rates.… … Financial and business terms
