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Finance glossary

Convexity

Fixed Income · advanced
Definition

The curvature in the relationship between bond prices and yields.

Convexity refines duration by capturing how a bond price sensitivity to rates changes as yields move. Higher convexity means a bond gains more when rates fall than it loses when they rise. It matters most for large rate moves and long-dated bonds.

In a sentence

Thanks to its high convexity, the bond gained more when rates fell than it lost when they rose.

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