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interest rate anticipation

Anticipation des taux d'intérêt

An investment philosophy relating to fixed-income securities that involves switching from long-term government bonds to very short-term Treasury bills, and vice versa, based on interest rate forecasts over a given time horizon. Price sensitivity to interest rate fluctuations increases as the time to maturity lengthens and the coupon rate decreases.

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