Not exact matches
My point was and is that the equity risk premium is bundled up closely with the nature of the
security itself (i.e., being a publicly traded,
relatively liquid investment asset called an equity, that has a very specific bundle of rights and risks attached to it), which has very different characteristics than the many other financial assets available in the economy (many of which have bundles of risk that are perceived as «riskier», and many of which are perceived as «less risky»).
The International Fund may invest in emerging markets, which are generally more volatile and can have
relatively unstable governments, social and legal systems that do not protect shareholders, economies based on only a few industries and
securities markets that are substantially smaller, less
liquid, more volatile and may have a lower level of government oversight than
securities markets in more developed countries.
Treasury
securities are effective in holding your principal and are
relatively liquid if you want to trade your bonds to the open and secondary market.
ASPN is another
relatively simple value proposition: it's
liquid assets of $ 10.7 M of cash and marketable
securities against total liabilities of around $ 2.3 M, and it has no active business operations.