But investors in U.K. sovereign bonds had
little risk of losing their money.
The lender faces
little risk of losing money by extending you a savings - secured loan.
There's
little risk of losing money with cash equivalents, and you often know how much you'll make.
Not exact matches
This is why savings accounts pay so
little interest; because there is
little uncertainty and
risk of loss or liquidity (but you will still
lose money from inflation).
However, this is a
little more difficult than it might seem since the
risk of losing money is always present on a real account.
When my clients ask me to list the most important ingredients required when looking to create and maintain a stress - free retirement plan, I explain to them that there are three basic financial requirements: a guaranteed income which they can not outlive;
little or no
risk of losing their
money / savings, and the ability to grow their
money through participation in a growing stock market and NOT a receding stock market.
The budget is still tight but the
risk of losing money to taxman is lower, in case I have to take a
little longer to pay myself back.
We could have in fact gone a
little higher but being our first sponsored post and sniff
of any kind
of money, we didn't want to
risk over quoting and
losing the business.