Not exact matches
Large cap stocks are less volatile
than their small
cap counterparts and are therefore less
risky.
Within
stocks,
large companies (
large -
cap stocks) are seen as safer
than mid-sized companies (mid-
cap stocks) which are likewise seen as less
risky than small companies (small -
cap stocks).
Although share prices can fluctuate,
large -
cap stocks are considered less
risky than other equities because the companies tend to have more resources to weather economic downturns.
OK, I might concede a small -
cap stock is — on average — more
risky than a
large -
cap stock (um, forgetting all those countless
large -
cap disasters...).
Just as is the case in developed markets,
riskier small and value
stocks produce higher returns
than large -
cap stocks over the long term.
In general, although volatility can change on any asset (i.e., TLT is a good example), fixed income assets are less
risky than higher - yielding income;
large cap dividend
stocks are not as
risky / volatile as
large cap growth or small
caps, which are not as
risky as foreign and emerging equity and so forth.
Investing in micro -, small - and mid-
cap stocks is more
risky and volatile
than investing in
large -
cap stocks.
Investing in small
cap and mid-
cap stocks is more
risky and more volatile
than investing in
large cap stocks.