An index has a forward dividend yield of 1.4% (assumption), and investors require . (a) Under Gordon, find the implied and the modified duration. (b) The real rate rises 100 bp with unchanged. Compute the exact price change. (c) Instead, expected inflation rises 100 bp, raising by 100 bp, while firms pass through of the inflation to . Compute the exact price change. (d) Explain why measured equity "durations" are far below your answer to (a).
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