Inflation risk- this is one risk that all investors should pay attention to. Fixed income works on the principle of trading your money today with hope of receiving extra money at a future date. Increase in inflation over the period of your investment will reduce your purchasing power.

Interest rate risk- when interest rate goes up your fixed income investment is affected because you would have booked that investment at a lower interest rate and will remain so until the investment matures. The prices of the fixed income investment will fall when interest rates rise but when interest rates decline, the prices go up and as an investor you could sell you fixed income investment at a premium.

Call risk- when callable bonds are issued, the issuer has the right to redeem the bond before maturity. If interest rates go down, the issuer of a callable bond can repay the bond by issuing bonds at lower interest rates and using the proceeds to pay off the bonds with the higher interest rates. When this happens, the interest payments of the bonds cease and the principal is paid back to the bondholder.

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