Standard deviation is a widely used metric to ascertain the investment risk of mutual funds. The concept of Standard Deviation becomes important when you invest in a market-linked product like mutual ...

About the author: Rick Lear is the founder and chief investment officer at Lear Investment Management. The idea of adding to or maintaining fixed-income exposure at a time of heightened market fear ...

There are dozens of different kinds of risks inherent to investing. If you buy long-term bonds, you could be slaughtered by a sudden attack of inflation or a hike in interest rates. If you buy ...

Standard deviation (SD) is still the most widely used measure of dispersion, or in financial markets, risk.That all sounds a bit technical but it's actually pretty straightforward to understand. It is ...