Episode Details

This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate about opening access to high-quality exam preparation resources and helping learners prepare more effectively for professional certification exams. In this episode you will learn: - The inverse relationship between interest rates and existing bond prices. - How duration measures a bond's sensitivity to interest rate changes. - Why bonds with long maturities and low coupons have the highest interest rate risk. - What reinvestment risk is and why it occurs when interest rates fall. - Common exam traps that test the opposing nature of interest rate risk and reinvestment risk. For more free exam prep tools, practice questions, and AI-powered explanations, visit https://open-exam-prep.com/ or YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@Open-exam-prep