Business / Taxes / Interest-Rate Risk: Interest-rate risk describes the impact that a change in current interest rates is likely to have on the value of your investment portfolio. You face interest-rate risk when you own long-term bonds or bond mutual funds because their market value will drop if interest rates increase. That loss of value occurs because investors will be able to buy bonds with a new, higher interest rate, so they won't pay full price for an older bond paying a lower interest rate.
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Risk Noun Synonyms: danger, peril, jeopardy, hazard, chance, gamble
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