The risk that the value of your asset — usually a bond, but also to an extent stocks and other securities — will change in
response to changes in interest rates.
Duration measures how sensitive a bond's price is to changes in interest rates — higher duration bonds experience bigger gains and losses in
response to a change in interest rates.
The duration of a bond fund can tell you roughly how much its value is likely to change in
response to a change in interest rates.
The investor should be aware that even though safety of its principal and interest may be unquestioned, a long term bond could vary widely in market price in
response to changes in interest rates.
The values of money market investments usually rise and fall in
response to changes in interest rates.
Duration is a measure that helps estimate the amount the price of a bond will rise or fall in
response to changes in interest rates.