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Basic Question 11 of 24

When a bond has "negative convexity," it means that for a large change in interest rates ______

A. the amount of price appreciation is less than the amount of price decline.
B. the amount of price appreciation is greater than the amount of price decline.
C. the amount of price appreciation or decline is unaffected by the rate change.

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Learning Outcome Statements

explain why effective duration and effective convexity are the most appropriate measures of interest rate risk for bonds with embedded options

calculate the percentage price change of a bond for a specified change in benchmark yield, given the bond's effective duration and convexity

CFA® 2025 Level I Curriculum, Volume 4, Module 13.