Copyright Law, Basics, and Fair Use. A quiz on various things about copyright law, the basics of it and its protective rights, and fair use basics. This is based on Dr. Shaw's PowerPoints and the Purdue Copyright Web Site. STUDY.
First, the prices of bonds and interest rates move in opposite directions. If interest rates decline, the price of a bond goes up, and if interest rates rise, the price of a bond declines. Second, bonds with longer maturities incur significantly higher interest rate risk than those with shorter maturities.
It depends on the company, government or agency that's issuing the bond, as well as what the bond's maturity is. Generally, the less stable the issuer, the higher the interest rate it will pay. That's because the issuer has to make it worthwhile to investors, given the greater risk that a less-stable issuer will default on its bond payments. Treasury bills, issued by the U.S. government, are considered the safest of all.