However, the reality is that a stock allocation of 120 percent at a time of moderate prices is less
risky than a stock allocation of 80 percent at a time of insanely high prices.
This is less
risky than a stock because you know how much you will be paid and when you will be paid.
Bond market returns were also more volatile than single - family rental returns, but less
risky than stock market returns on an annual basis.
They're not quite as popular today.Junk bonds carry high rates of return but they're as risky or
riskier than stocks are.
Presumably this is because T - bills are less
risky than stocks.
In our finance courses, we all learned that bonds are less
risky than stocks.
Bonds aren't inherently less
risky than stocks, and stocks aren't inherently higher returning than bonds.
And, although I agree that lenders should consider the investment on the high - risk side, I'm not convinced that it is much
riskier than the stock and bond market - AT THIS TIME.
Stocks are
riskier than stock sellers would have you believe.
Bonds are usually seen as less
risky than stocks, but still carry some level of risk compared to cash holdings.
Stocks of companies in emerging markets are generally more
risky than stocks of companies in developed countries.
«For the first time in my entire career, bonds are in my opinion
riskier than stocks,» said Mr. DeGoey, who recently marked his 20th anniversary as adviser.
«For the first time in my entire career,» he says, «bonds are in my opinion
riskier than stocks.»
To declare bonds are
riskier than stocks is just another way of saying «this time it's different,» long recognized as the four most dangerous words in investing.
Bonds are a lot less
risky than stocks, but they can still lose value.
I would argue that bonds more
risky than stocks over the long term, due to their paltry returns.
Many investors are attracted to Treasury bonds (T - bonds) because they are generally less
risky than stocks.
@Roger, I argue that bonds are more
risky than stocks today as they are almost guaranteed to lose you money over the next few years.
Bonds in general are considered less
risky than stocks for several reasons:
Bonds are considered less
risky than stocks because bond prices have historically been more stable and because bond issuers promise to repay the debt to the bondholders at maturity.
Thomas Schneeweis, Professor of Finance, at the University of Massachusetts, destroyed the myth that managed futures are
riskier than stocks in an academic study.
Bonds Bonds are generally less
risky than stocks, and less volatile, but their returns are also smaller.
It does sound more
risky than stocks, but you seem to know what you're doing.
The other reason, I think, is really bonds, in general, are less
risky than stocks; they're not as volatile.
Individual bonds, although less
risky than stocks, are not as safe as bank savings accounts.
I know what you're thinking: «This idiot thinks junk bonds are less
risky than stocks?!?» Whoa, let's hold off on the name - calling for a bit, and hear me out.
Bonds are traditionally much less
risky than stocks.
Not exact matches
«Purportedly «risk - free» long - term bonds in 2012 were a far
riskier investment
than a long - term investment in common
stocks,» he continued.
And the FANG
stocks are
riskier than most in that «they're incredibly expensive,» he said; Netflix, for one, trades at more
than 300 times earnings.
Private equity's illiquidity makes it
riskier than publicly traded
stock.
«Of course, this might be
risky, but it's no more
risky than not doing anything and expecting to keep your CEO job intact and the
stock price rising.
Studies of investment - fraud victims in particular have shown that more known victims had previously invested in
risky investment instruments like oil - and - gas options, penny
stocks, and gold coins
than the general public had.
That strategy seems waaaayyyy less
risky than actively picking
stocks of supposedly «reliable»
stocks that issue dividends, which could be cut at any time due to shifting industry trends and company performance.
While
stocks are
riskier than bonds or cash investments, they have much higher returns over the long run and many issue dividends on top of this.
In many ways, the private student loan market operates much differently
than the traditional
stock market and might be even
riskier.
Young investors or investors with long time frames should hold a higher proportion of
stocks or
risky assets
than older investors or investors with short time frames.
This actually encouraged the more
risky approach of employees buying the
stock with their savings rather
than the grants of
stock on which ESOPs are based.
«In a horrible, truly worst - case scenario, a high - quality bond index fund is still less
risky over the course of a year
than stocks are in one day,» says the investment adviser Allan Roth, founder of Wealth Logic in Colorado Springs, alluding to the 20 percent decline in the Standard & Poor's 500 -
stock index on Oct. 19, 1987.
Investing in other countries can be very lucrative, but for quite a while, developing
stocks have been a lot
riskier than normal.
Independent oil & gas
stocks are
riskier than established companies because they are more volatile, which can be too
risky for some traders.
Stocks, by far, offer the best rates of return for people wanting to make the most of their one million dollars, but they are
riskier by nature
than any of the other securities I will discuss.
That means that individual
stocks and currencies are
riskier than normally assumed.
Many investors feel
stock markets are more volatile and that investing is
riskier today
than ever before.
Most bonds (not junk bonds) represent a less
risky investment
than most
stocks, which means that
stocks have to offer a higher return as a premium for increased risk.
Then, boring and somewhat safer
stocks will be much easier to hold
than riskier assets such as the FANGs.
When I send him this email, I also added to be very careful with high dividend yield
stocks as they are
riskier than regular
stocks.
The first is to look through
stocks on major exchanges that are less
than $ 1 in value (or $ 5, if that is the range you'd prefer; the higher the share price, the less volatile and
risky it is, generally speaking).
I want to quickly acknowledge that in any upcoming day, week or even year,
stocks will be
riskier — far
riskier —
than short - term U.S. bonds.
As an investor's investment horizon lengthens, however, a diversified portfolio of U.S. equities becomes progressively less
risky than bonds, assuming that the
stocks are purchased at a sensible multiple of earnings relative to then - prevailing interest rates.
If you're looking for an options strategy that provides the ability to produce income but may be less
risky than simply buying dividend - paying
stocks, you might want to consider selling covered calls.