Home Adviser Fund Update A Candid Conversation With Chairman Dan Wiener Published July 29, 2022 Daniel P WienerChairman Elizabeth Laprade, CFASenior Research Analyst Dan Wiener and Adviser Senior Research Analyst Liz Laprade offer frank insights on timely topics including the riskThe probability that an investment will decline in value in the short term, along with the magnitude of that decline. Stocks are often considered riskier than bonds because they have a higher probability of losing money, and they tend to lose more than bonds when they do decline. of recession, the outlook for bondsA financial instrument representing an IOU from the borrower to the lender. Bond issuers promise to pay bond holders a given amount of interest for a pre-determined amount of time until the loan is repaid in full (otherwise known as the maturity date). Bonds can have a fixed or floating interest rate. Fixed-rate bonds pay out a pre-determined amount of interest each year, while floating-rate bonds can pay higher or lower interest each year depending on prevailing market interest rates., not-so-transitory inflation and much more.