Consider a 9.5 year bond with a 4% coupon payable on a semi-annual basis.
(i) If "par" bonds of comparable maturity and credit quality are currently yielding 3.20%, what is the approximate price of this 4% bond (assume par is exist1,000)?
(ii) Calculate the modified duration of this bond.
(iii) If you were managing a exist500 million bond portfolio with a modified duration of 7 years and wanted to hedge 20% of your portfolio using this 4% bond, how many bonds would you short to achieve this result?