Risk and Return: How to Make Smart Investment Choices
Student Worksheet
U.S. Treasury bonds carry an expected return of 3 to 5 percent, the reading's asset table shows, while large-cap stocks run 6 to 10 percent and international stocks reach 7 to 12 percent, each tier paired with its own risk. A Sharpe ratio divides excess return by volatility to weigh the payoff of holding several together, and the reading points to the 2008 credit crisis as the moment chasing yield without weighing risk proved costliest.
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