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Downside risk refers to the potential for an investment to decrease in value. Unlike general risk, which considers both ...

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A risk premium is the return over and above the risk-free rate (generally thought of as the return on U.S. Treasuries) that investors demand to compensate them for the risk of owning an asset. Because ...

Investors demand higher returns from illiquid assets due to greater selling difficulty. Liquidity premium can be calculated by comparing yields of similar liquid and illiquid bonds. Real risk-free ...

A discounted cash flow, or DCF, analysis measures the value of a business or project, such as a new factory for your small business. This value equals the sum of all of the project's future annual ...

Risk is common in our lives and affects many everyday decisions (eg, whether to gamble in the casino, which insurance policy to purchase, or which school to enroll in). When making decisions between ...