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The Fallacy of the Risk Free Rate
Investment Strategy | 0 Comments | Thu 22 Sep 2011
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To ask for nothing more than to preserve one's capital, risk free, sounds about as modest an aspiration an investor can have. Bank deposits and government bonds are often held up as real world risk free assets offering risk free returns. We fundamentally disagree. There are no guarantees in life. This article explains why investing is no different.

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