Investors Beware: Duration Risk Has Risen across the Bond Market
By Surbhi Jain | Sep 22, 2016 8:51 am EDT
Duration risk has been rising
If you’re a bond (BSV) (AGG) investor or fund manager, fluctuation in interest rates is one of the key risk drivers for the returns you get from your portfolio. Interest rates always affect bond prices inversely. That is, a rise in interest rates indicates a fall in bond prices and vice versa.