BondsWhat a bond is, and why its price moves opposite to interest rates.MoneyBond prices move inversely to interest rates.rates ↑ → existing bond prices ↓You hold a bond paying 2%New bonds pay 5%Yours is less attractive.Its market priceFalls until its yield is competitiveThe coupon is fixed; only the price can adjust.If you hold to maturityYou get the face value backPrice movement matters only if you sell.THE COMMON MISTAKEAssuming bonds are risk-freeThey carry interest-rate risk and credit riskLong-dated bonds can fall sharply when rates rise, as 2022 demonstratedacross every major bond market.General education, not financial advice. Duration measures howsensitive a bond is to rate changes.Bondslearnposters.com
Bonds — printable money wall chart from LearnPosters. Free vector PDF, US Letter and A4.

What’s on the Bonds poster

The rule, 3 worked examples, and the mistake everyone makes.

General education, not financial advice. Duration measures how sensitive a bond is to rate changes.

Questions about the Bonds poster

What’s on the Bonds poster?
The rule, 3 worked examples, and the mistake everyone makes. Bond prices move inversely to interest rates.; rates ↑ → existing bond prices ↓; You hold a bond paying 2% = New bonds pay 5%; Its market price = Falls until its yield is competitive; If you hold to maturity = You get the face value back; Common mistake: Assuming bonds are risk-free → They carry interest-rate risk and cred…. General education, not financial advice. Duration measures how sensitive a bond is to rate changes.
Who is the Bonds poster for?
Bonds belongs to the Money section rather than to a school year, because money is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning investing can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.
When should you use the Bonds poster?
A bond is a loan you own. Its price falls when new loans pay more. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Bonds belongs on the wall where that money work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
What other posters go with Bonds?
Asset Classes, Time in the Market and Diversification sit alongside Bonds in the Money section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Asset ClassesTime in the MarketDiversification
Is the Bonds poster free to download and print?
Yes. Bonds downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Money section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
What size does the Bonds poster print at?
Bonds is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Bonds loses nothing.Printing guide

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