Not exact matches
In the larger financial industry, who gets to keep the difference between a
historic 8 % return on
equities, an «
equity - like return», and a
historic 4 % return on «
risk free» investments, such as government bonds?
What we're seeing here — make no mistake about it — is not a rational, justified, quantifiable response to lower interest rates, but rather a
historic compression of
risk premiums across every risky asset class, particularly
equities, leveraged loans, and junk bonds.
Q: In spite of different
risk factors,
equity - market volatility remains near
historic lows.
A Review of the Evidence, in which Fernando Duarte and Carlo Rosa argue that stocks are cheap because the «Fed model» — the
equity risk premium measured as the difference between the forward operating earnings yield on the S&P 500 and the 10 - year Treasury bond yield — is at a
historic high.
But judging by
historic capital allocation, poor returns on
equity, and generally intransigent management, on average the pricing &
risk / reward of Graham - type bargains isn't really much of a free lunch.