In many ways, bonds are more complex than stocks. Investors use a host of different metrics to evaluate bond investments, and one involves a concept known as duration, which helps an investor ...

What impacts it? The modified duration of a bond is affected by its maturity and coupon. Higher the maturity and smaller the coupon, the higher will be the modified duration and greater will be its ...

A recent action by RBI on the interest rates has caused havoc in the debt market. There are funds which has less impacted and some are more. From a layman investors view selecting a debt fund becomes ...

All mutual fund (MF) schemes, in debt or in the equity category, carry risk. But how can one measure a scheme’s risk to see if it matches with one’s expectations? Investors should keep in mind that ...

MBS went through an interesting Employment Friday. I know it’s hard to remember back after a long weekend (especially for N.E. fans), but the bond market sold off pretty substantially on Friday after ...

A formula that expresses the measurable change in the value of a security in response to a change in interest rates. A formula that expresses the measurable change in the value of a security in ...

A recent action by RBI on the interest rates has caused havoc in the debt market. There are funds which has less impacted and some are more. From a layman investors view selecting a debt fund becomes ...