They don't usually fluctuate wildly. If this is a low risk, investment grade bond then the price will gradually fall to $100 over the 5 years.
If interest rates go up then the price will fall slightly, but whatever happens it will be $100 in 5 years time so this will outweigh any interest rate risk. If the bond is listed then you should find a chart. You may find this interesting:
Thanks for your help. The most important thing is that if I hold the bond to its maturity date, I will get back the principle. rice I paid for the bond. I use Yahoo! Finance to look at stocks and bonds. But, I can't find the charts for bonds. Can you please message me where to find the charts for bonds?
For stocks this can easily be seen by looking at charts that clearly show the daily performance of the stock. I haven't found anything like this on bonds. Can you please help me?
