Not exact matches
Lower rated bonds are subject to
greater fluctuations in
value and risk of loss of income and principal than higher rated bonds.
As a result, changes in the market
value of a single investment could cause
greater fluctuations in share price than would occur in a more diversified fund.
In general, stocks are subject to
greater price
fluctuations and volatility than bonds and can decline significantly in
value in response to adverse issuer, political, regulatory, market, or economic developments.
In Graham's view a speculator was unconcerned with the intrinsic
value of a business, and interested only in the price he could hope to get when he sells out — in other words the speculator's concept of
value is unrelated to the fundamentals of the underlying business of the company, whereas the
fluctuations in market price are of
great importance to him.
Since we currently live in a $ 130k condo with $ 1000 rent, we figured we can get a small mortgage and buy a small townhouse and pay it off in 5 years and be fine regardless of the house
value fluctuations (we also considered using cash to buy it, but with
great credit, interest rates are lower than investment appreciation).
History has shown that high -
value properties are subject to
greater price
fluctuations when real estate markets soften and as such, highly leveraged high - end properties come with an inherently higher level of risk.