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Convexity Adjustment

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    • Avatar of NaidenBNaidenB
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        Thanks @vincentt‌ Makes sense now.

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          no problem at all.

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            Basically, you can use 50 or 0.5 it’s up to you because the formula can be as such:

            (-effective duration * change in yield * 100) + (1/2 * convexity * (change in yield) ^ 2 * 100)
            = (-6.4 * -0.75%) + (1/2 * 0.5 * -0.75%^2 )
            = 4.8% + 0.25 * 0.5625%
            = 4.8% + 0.1406%
            = 4.94%

            It’s the same on whether you want to use the *100 on 0.5 (to make it 50) or on 0.0075 (to make it 0.75%).

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            @NaidenB Schweser tells you to use the same scale as duration for convexity…. basically multiply convexity by 100

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