For individual investors, duration is primarily used as a measure of a bond fundâs sensitivity to prevailing interest rates. It's defined as the weighted average of the payments an investor will receive over time, discounted to the bond's present value.
Minidoka County is a county located in the U.S. state of Idaho. As of the 2010 census, the population was 20,069. The county seat and largest city is Rupert. Minidoka County is part of the Burley, ID Micropolitan Statistical Area. The name Minidoka is of Dakota Sioux origin meaning a fountain or spring of water.. Minidoka was first used in 1883 as a name for the Union Pacific 's Oregon Short Line, a railroad spur in the middle of the Snake River Plain.
Many people donât know much about Idaho except âfamous potatoes.â But, since you are here, you would probably like to know more. Adjacent to Washington and Oregon in the Pacific Northwest, Idaho is a big state. Itâs been said if you flatten all the mountains in Idaho, the state would be the size of Texas. Idaho covers two time zones, runs from Canada to Nevada, and encompasses the western side of the continental divide of the Rocky Mountains.