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In this regard, what is spread duration?

Spread duration is an estimate of how much the price of a specific bond will move when the spread of that specific bond changes. Spread duration is a bond's price sensitivity to spread changes. A floating rate note can have virtually zero duration but meaningful spread duration.

Furthermore, how do you calculate duration? The formula is complicated, but what it boils down to is: Duration = Present value of a bond's cash flows, weighted by length of time to receipt and divided by the bond's current market value. As an example, let's calculate the duration of a three-year, $1,000 Company XYZ bond with a semiannual 10% coupon.

Simply so, how is credit spread calculated?

It is calculated as the annual cash flows divided by the current market price. This is the yield most commonly used when calculating bond spreads. For example, a bond with a $1,000 par value that pays a 5.5 percent coupon payment annually would pay $55 per year.

What is key rate duration?

Key rate duration measures how the value of a security or portfolio changes at a specific maturity point along the entirety of the yield curve. When keeping other maturities constant, the key rate duration can be used to measure the sensitivity in a security's price to a 1% change in yield for a specific maturity.