All else being equal, an increase in the yield to maturity of a bond will result in a$($n$)$ increase in the maturity value of the bondgreater interest rate price risk on a long$-$term bond than on a short$-$term bondincrease in the market price of the bondlower risk of suffering losses in the market values of the bond portfoliosdecrease in the rate of return at which the cash flows from the portfolios can be reinvested