That might help explain why investors - though not
avoiding risky assets altogether - seem to be turning more selective.
Not exact matches
You keep your
risky assets in a separate long - term bucket and
avoid selling them when markets are down.
Riskier assets, such as stocks have a higher expected rate of return though, so it's important to not
avoid these types of investments completely and miss out on potentially greater returns.
Riskier assets like stocks have a higher rate of expected return so if your time horizon is long enough, don't
avoid stocks completely just because they are more volatile than fixed income or cash.
However, in order to
avoid the mark - to - market volatility, people can't bear to invest in such «
risky»
assets.
Not this is not a
risky asset class but it is not one that I would automatically
avoid.
Very
risky asset classes are typically
avoided altogether.
Under
asset classes to
avoid, list
risky things like hedge funds, MLM companies, etc..
To
avoid a crash, Gore recommended they sell the
riskiest carbon - intensive
assets and put money into «fantastic new opportunities» like renewable energy.