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.
Table 2 shows the impact that different market interest rates and years to maturity have on the price of a bond with a 4% coupon rate. For a bond with 15 years to maturity, an increase in interest rates from 4% to 4.5% would lower the price by 5.41% (from $1,000 to $945.89).