™For a $1,000 bond, even a small change connected to duration can affect income, market value or sensitivity to rates.
Bonds & Rates
Duration
A measure of a bond’s price sensitivity to changes in interest rates.
Plain-English context
Why it matters
Fixed-income terms connect promised cash flows with interest-rate, credit and purchasing-power risk.
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