Hoarseness, an abnormal change in your voice, is a common condition thatâs often experienced in conjunction with a dry or scratchy throat. If your voice is hoarse, you may have a raspy, weak, or airy quality to your voice that prevents you from making smooth vocal sounds.
One way to minimize interest rate risk is to buy short-term bonds that take less time to mature. It's less painful to be stuck with a low-paying bond for five years than a low paying bond for 20 or 30 years. Another way to minimize risk is to hold the bond until maturity.
In some cases, a bond's price is affected by. something that is unique to its issuer--for example, a. change in the bond's rating. However, other factors. have an impact on all bonds. The twin factors that. affect a bond's price are inflation and changing. interest rates. A rise in either interest rates or the. inflation rate will tend to cause bond prices to drop. Inflation and interest rates behave similarly to bond. yields, moving in the opposite direction from bond. prices.