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Bond duration is a measure of a bond's interest rate sensitivity. Bond duration is a measure of a bond's risk profile and is critical to understand for any investor with exposure to government or corporate bonds. Low-and intermediate-duration bonds represent two distinct risk classes for the bond investor. As such, their merits and shortcomings must be carefully evaluated.
Duration is useful in measuring a bond fund's sensitivity to changes in interest rates. The longer the duration, the more a bond fund's price will fluctuate when interest rates change.To estimate how a change in interest rates can affect the share price of a bond fund, multiply the fund's duration by the change in rates.If a fund's average duration is 2.5 years, a 1-percentage-point rise in interest rates would lead to an estimated 2.5% decline in the share price.A 1-percentage-point decline in rates would cause an estimated 2.5% rise in the share price.uration is useful in measuring a bond fund's sensitivity to changes in interest rates. The longer the duration, the more a bond fund's price will fluctuate when interest rates change.