How to immunize my liabilities


Suppose the following coupon info

Maturity (year)    Coupon Rate
1                              2%
2                            3.50%
3                              4%
4                            5.50%
5                              6%
10                             7%

Yield to maturity is 6%

Suppose I have a liability to of $20,000 to pay at the end of year 7

Question 1. How to immunize my liabilities with the following constraints?

Case A: Can invest any bond of different maturity shown above

Case B: Can only invest any bond (shown above) of with maturities of no more than 5 year.

Question 2. In case A, and B, what would happen if the yield fall to 4.5%? What if the yield goes up to 7%

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