Buy - and - hold investors often can ride out currency fluctuations in international stocks, or short - term bond volatility. (etf.com)
Learn about the major risks for the bond market in 2016; interest rate increases, high - yield bond volatility and a flatter yield curve may be issues. (investopedia.com)
Although bond volatility is less than stocks, we have seen several examples already where bonds can lose money in the short term and may take several years to recover from those deficits. (mindfullyinvesting.com)