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How to think about risk in financial planning | Essentials

How to think about risk in financial planning

A friendly game of Risk 2210AD
A friendly game of Risk 2210AD by R.B. Boyer
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(MoneyWatch) Bloomberg's Pimm Fox recently asked me how investors should think about risk. He wasn't referring to your portfolio going up and down. Instead, he meant how you address the outside factors that could derail your plan, even if your returns are better than you were anticipating. Here's how you should think about those outside factors. Investment gains and losses. Before we get into the other types of risk, let's have a quick review of the risk of gains and losses. When talking about your portfolio, there are two types of risk: For example, stocks are riskier than bonds. No matter how many stocks you own, you can't diversify away their risks. Because of this, stocks have to offer higher expected returns than bonds. Otherwise, investors would only invest in bonds. Why else would you take on risk if you weren't expected to be paid for it?

How to think about risk in financial planning

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FieldTerminology: inflation

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FieldTerminology: Life insurance

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Organization: Treasury

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