Manuals/calci/DURATION

DURATION(settlement, maturity, coupon, yield, frequency, basis)

• Where 'settlement' is the security's settlement date (a date when coupon or a bond is purchased),
• 'maturity' is the security's maturity date (a date when coupon or a bond expires),
• 'coupon' is the security's annual coupon rate,
• 'yield' is the security's annual yield,
• 'frequency' is the number of coupon payments per year, and
• 'basis' is the type of day count basis to use.

DURATION() gives the Macauley duration of a security for an assumed par value of $100.

Description

DURATION(settlement, maturity, coupon, yield, frequency, basis)

• If settlement or maturity dates are not valid, Calci displays an error message.
• If settlement date ≥ maturity date, Calci displays an error message.
• 'coupon' and 'yield' values must be greater than or equal to zero.
• The values for 'frequency' should be 1,2 or 4.

For Annual payment, frequency = 1, For Semi-annual payment, frequency = 2, For Quarterly payment, frequency = 4.

• 'basis' value is optional. If omitted, Calci assumes to be 0.

Below table shows the use of 'basis' values:

• If 'basis' value other than 0 to 4, Calci displays an error message.

Examples

	Column1	Column2	Column3	Column4
Row1	September 10, 2010
Row2	September 10, 2016
Row3	6%
Row4	9.0%
Row5	2
Row6	1	5.0458