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.
The city is located along the island's northwestern shore, fronting on Prince Rupert Harbour. At the western terminus of Trans-Canada Highway 16 (the Yellowhead Highway), Prince Rupert is approximately 16 km west of Port Edward, 144 km west of Terrace, and 715 km west of Prince George.rince Rupert was incorporated on March 10, 1910. It was named for Prince Rupert of the Rhine, who was first Governor of the Hudson's Bay Company, as the result of an open competition held by the railway, the prize for which was $250.