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Stocks Vs Bonds – Which Asset Class is Riskier?

By Filipe R Costa Economics & Markets

8 mins. to read

The debate about risk lies too much around CAPM, standard deviation, beta and a few other concepts that are rarely capable of reproducing the true odds of achieving a certain investment goal. Unlike the concept of odds in football betting, which reflects the probability of a certain outcome occurring (even if a little distorted by…

Pension Deficits Will Turn Around

By Filipe R Costa Economics & Markets

6 mins. to read

It may be an exaggeration to claim that the current pension deficits of UK companies are entirely the result of the monetary policy action followed by the BoE, but it is not that far from the truth. In March 2011 the total deficit on the books of FTSE 350 companies was £20 billion. One year…