Convexity is an important tool used by investment professionals to show the impact that changes in yield have on the duration of a bond. It’s an especially important consideration during times of volatility on markets.
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Convexity: As the yield on a bond changes so too does its duration, a bond’s convexity measures the sensitivity of a bond’s duration to changes in yield. Duration is an imperfect way of measuring a bond’s price change, as it indicates that this change is linear in nature when in fact it exhibits a sloped or “convex” shape.
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The following scenarios of comparing two bonds should help clarify how these three traits affect a bond’s duration: 1  If the coupon and yield are the same, duration increases with time left to maturity. 2  If the maturity and yield are the same, duration increases with a lower coupon.
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Convexity is a measure of the amount of “whip” in the bond’s price yield curve and is so named because of the convex shape of the curve. Because of the shape of the price yield curve, for a given change in yield down or up, the gain in price for a drop in yield will be greater than the fall in price due to an equal rise in yields.
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Duration & Convexity: The Price/Yield Relationship. Investors who own fixed income securities should be aware of the relationship between interest rates and a bond’s price. As a general rule, the price of a bond moves inversely to changes in interest rates: a bond’s price will increase as rates decline and will decrease as rates move up.
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The change in a bond’s duration for a given change in yields can be measured by its convexity. 1  If rates are expected in increase, consider bonds with shorter durations. 2  If rates are expected to decline, consider bonds with higher durations.
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Convexity is a good measure for bond price changes with greater fluctuations in the interest rates. Mathematically speaking, convexity is the second derivative of the formula for change in bond prices with a change in interest rates and a first derivative of the duration equation.
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A useful way to visualize a bond’s convexity is to plot the potential price change against various yields. If two bonds have the same duration and yield but differing convexities, a change in interest rates will affect each bond differently.
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The change in a bond’s duration for a given change in yields can be measured by its convexity. 1  If rates are expected in increase, consider bonds with shorter durations. These bonds will be less sensitive to a rise in yields and will fall in price less than bonds with higher durations.
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Convexity is important as it illustrates the impact that changes in yields have on the duration of the bond. As yields approach zero the duration impact of a movement in yields is accentuated. Large moves in the yield curve can have large nonlinear effects on duration, making convexity an important consideration during volatile markets.
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what is convexity
Convexity is a good measure for bond price changes with greater fluctuations in the interest rates.