The risk that a fixed-income security will decrease in value should interest rates rise.
The potential price change in a financial asset in response to a change in the interest rate.
Prices of bonds tend to move inversely with changes in interest rates. Typically, a rise in rates will adversely affect bond prices and, accordingly, a fund's share price. The longer the fund's effective duration, the more its share price is likely to react to interest rates.
(a type of market risk) is the risk that bond prices or the income of a fund or account may decline if interest rates change.
The risk that interest-rate fluctuations generate losses. The key ratio "interest-rate risk" is an expression of the part of the core capital after deductions that is lost on a parallel shift of the yield curve by 1 percentage point.
The chance that interest rates will rise dramatically while you are holding a low interest-rate investment.
When interest rates rise, the market value of fixed-income securities (such as bonds) declines. Similarly, when interest rates decline, the market value of fixed-income securities increases.
The chance that a fixed interest bond will depreciate in value when interest rates rise.