Wednesday, October 10, 2012

The Tendency Toward Avoiding All Investment Risks

The financial media goes to its usual extremes when describing investment risks, so much so, that some investors may deem it wiser to keep funds in a mattress; why brave the wilds of the marketplace being described to them by pundits?

This is especially the case with junk bond risk, as described by the financial media, a topic I often discuss.

Junk bonds do have credit risks but the latter can be wisely handled with an eye on industry default rates to an extent. To a much greater degree, the risk can be managed with the use of duration principles and low-cost mutual fund means of diversification. (See the Earl J. Weinreb NewsHole® comments and @BusinesNewshole at Twitter.)




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