While such a move can lead to bigger gains, it comes at
the expense of higher volatility, and the possibility of seeing your portfolio get hammered with big losses if we see a repeat of a 2008 - style bear market.
Not exact matches
The Board also considered that the Fund's total net assets will decrease as a result
of the Initial Tender Offer (and the Conditional Tender Offer, if conducted), which may result in greater
volatility, less investment flexibility and proportionately
higher expenses for the Fund's remaining shareholders following the Tender Offers.
With its
high expenses and
volatility of investments, George seriously risked losing his entire nest egg with the variable universal life — a flawed life insurance concept, especially in the situation described above.
Stocks, stock ETFs and stock mutual funds offer even
higher return potential, at the
expense of more
volatility.
In 2015 and 2016, the fund added a significant amount
of value at the
expense of volatility that was somewhat
higher than that
of its reference ETF portfolio.
The fund added a miniscule amount
of value over the static reference portfolio but did so at the
expense of slightly
higher volatility (standard deviation
of returns).
For traders who use non-investment grade debt for the
volatility or as a specialized focus, the reward is
higher but at the
expense of potentially much
higher risk.
Other strategies tend
of be sub-optimal, involving greater portfolio
volatility and risk — and accompanied by
higher costs in term
of expenses, taxes, time commitment, and stomach acid.