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MODIFIED DURATION Definition & Legal Meaning

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Macaulay duration adjusted for compounding. Fixed-income financial instrument’s price volatility and interest rate sensitivity measure. Like an interest bearing bond, the instrument’s value-percentage change for each percentage point change in prevailing interest rates is indicated.

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