Saving your money in a current account gives you less interest than in a fixed rate bond for five years.

将钱存人活期账户五年所得利息要少于投人定期利率债券五年所得利息。

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Rather than benefiting from company profits the way that stock holders do, bond holders receive a fixed rate of return - a percentage of the bond's original offering price.

债券持有者不像股票持有者从公司的盈利中分红获利，而是以债券发行价格的一定百分比的固定回报率来获利。

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When bond prices fall, yield rises, because the interest rate of a bond is a fixed percentage of the bond's face value.

当债券价格下跌，收益将增加，因为债券的利率与债券票面价值的比例固定。

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The earnings rate for Series I Savings Bonds is a combination of a fixed rate, which applies for the life of the bond, and the semiannual inflation rate.

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They resemble bonds in that their dividend rate is typically fixed, much like a bond coupon.

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Still, floating-rate bond funds may be the best fixed-income deal available in an environment of rising short-term interest rates.

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