Identifying Risk in a Fixed-Income Investment
An investor buys a corporate bond that guarantees a 5% annual interest payment for 10 years. The investor intends to sell the bond after holding it for only two years. Apart from the risk that the corporation might fail to make its interest payments, explain another significant source of risk this investor faces that is related to the asset's value in the marketplace.
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