This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and CFP designation. He is passionate about opening up information to help everyone prepare better for financial certification exams. This episode covers content for the SIE Exam.

In this episode you will learn:

- The definitions of par value, coupon rate, and maturity date for corporate bonds.

- The fundamental inverse relationship between market interest rates and existing bond prices.

- Why a bond's price decreases to trade at a discount when interest rates rise.

- Why a bond's price increases to trade at a premium when interest rates fall.

- How to use the "Interest Rate Seesaw" as a mental model to remember this key concept.

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