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Rate anticipation is?: (a) Investing the same amount in long term bonds in a rolling period; (b) Buying short-term and long-term bonds and short intermediate-term bonds; (c) Mimicking the portfolio of a bond index; (d) Buying under-priced bonds using various bond pricing models.; (e) Betting on future Interest rate movement

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