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21Copyright Duration Directive — European Union directive: Directive 93/98/EEC Directive harmonising the term of protection of copyright and certain related rights Made by Council Made under Arts. 5 …
22Dollar Duration — measures the dollar change in a bond s value to a change in the market interest rate. The dollar duration is generally used by professional bond fund managers as a way of approximating the portfolio s interest rate risk. Dollar duration is one of …
23Macaulay duration — The weighted average term to maturity of the cash flows from the bond, where the weights are the present value of the cash flow divided by the price. The New York Times Financial Glossary The earliest form of duration measurement. Developed in… …
24option-adjusted duration — A duration measure that does allow for changes in cash flows as yields change A variation of effective or empirical duration. Option adjusted duration incorporates the expected duration shortening effect of an issuer s embedded call provision. It …
25Long measure — Long Long, a. [Compar. {Longer}; superl. {Longest}.] [AS. long, lang; akin to OS, OFries., D., & G. lang, Icel. langr, Sw. l[*a]ng, Dan. lang, Goth. laggs, L. longus. [root]125. Cf. {Length}, {Ling} a fish, {Linger}, {Lunge}, {Purloin}.] 1. Drawn …
26partial duration — A duration measure calculated by changing one variable while all other variable are held constant. The most common example Is key rate duration where all variables are held constant except the yield for a specific maturity point on the yield… …
27empirical duration — A measure of duration calculated by backing into the duration value using changes in observed market prices resulting from changes in prevailing rate. American Banker Glossary …
28bit duration — Used to measure delay times, usually in high speed communications, it s the time it takes for one bit to pass a point on the transmission medium …
29Karl von Vierordt — Infobox Scientist name = Karl von Vierordt box width = image width =150px caption = Karl von Vierordt birth date = July 1, 1818 birth place = Lahr, Baden death date = November 22, 1884 death place = Tübingen residence = German citizenship =… …
30Tyconius — ▪ Christian theologian Introduction one of the most important biblical theologians of 4th century North African Latin Christianity. Although little is known of his life, his positions on the theology of the church (ecclesiology) ultimately… …
