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.
After years of speculation, many investors believe that some form of a rate hike may finally be near. The Fedâs recent talk about raising interest rates has many investors considering the logical adjustment to the eventual new era of Fed tightening. How rate hikes might affect small-cap equities is of great interest to our team and our shareholders. While exact dates and periods of past tapering actions or interpretations of âFed speakâ canât be measured precisely, we can take a look at past periods of interest rates hikes and their effect on small cap equities.