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Historically, if we wanted to match or beat inflation risk over the long term we would have had to invest in equities. However, with equities, unless a fund offers a guarantee (and these can be costly), the individual’s capital certainly is at risk. (more…)

Risk is a vital part of thinking about investing, even though you can’t put a number to it. You can’t really start applying many of the ideas in this book without having a good grounding in what makes a risky investment and what makes one investment more or less risky than another. (more…)

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Your level of risk tolerance is the most fundamental thing in choosing the right investments for you. Before anything else, it must be understood that investing are like other things in the world: there should be positive and negative side to it. All investments follow 3 common principles. First, every investment takes with it a some of inherent risk. Second, risk and returns can not be separated such that the general principle of higher risk-higher return and lesser return, greater safety is widely accepted. Third, investing in anything for which one has no knowledge of is the kiss of death for the money invested. (more…)