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boon22
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Average life at bonds market and yield to average life

December 17th, 2007, 4:08 am

Hey,I need some help with that please:What is average life at the bonds market? how is it computed?what is the formula?What is the yield to average life? what is the formula?When do I use average life in fixed income security? only at MBS and ABS? or at bonds also? and when in bonds?
 
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Kanivan
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Average life at bonds market and yield to average life

December 17th, 2007, 12:20 pm

One way of quantifying the average life of a bond is to calculate the duration. For more info see Investopedia