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Easy question but just not clicking intuitively..
 
From Schweser: 
What is the duration of a floating rate bond that has six years remaining to maturity and has semiannual coupon payments. Assume a flatterm structure of 6%. Which of the following is closest to the correct duration? 
A) 4.850. 
B) 0.500. 
C) 6.000. 
D) 12.000. 
The correct answer was B) 0.500. 
The duration of a floating rate bond is equal to the time until the next coupon payment takes place. As the coupon rate changes semiannually with the level of the interest rate, a floating rate bond has the same duration as a pure discount bond with time to maturity equal to the time to the next coupon payment of the floating rate bond. 
Can anyone explain this more simply? I don’t think I’ve seen Schweser before label a floating rate bond’s duration as “the time until the next coupon payment takes place.” Thanks! |   
 
 
 
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