Comments on: Riskier Business: Bonds or Stocks? http://www.thesunsfinancialdiary.com/investing/riskier-business-bonds-or-stocks/ Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:14:32 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: 2007 March 23 : Generation X Finance http://www.thesunsfinancialdiary.com/investing/riskier-business-bonds-or-stocks/comment-page-1/#comment-4806 2007 March 23 : Generation X Finance Fri, 23 Mar 2007 14:34:26 +0000 http://www.thesunsfinancialdiary.com/2007/03/16/riskier-business-bonds-or-stocks/#comment-4806 [...] Riskier Business: Bonds or Stocks? - We commonly think bonds are relatively low-risk, but are they? The Sun examines the data. [...] [...] Riskier Business: Bonds or Stocks? – We commonly think bonds are relatively low-risk, but are they? The Sun examines the data. [...]

]]> By: Jonathan C http://www.thesunsfinancialdiary.com/investing/riskier-business-bonds-or-stocks/comment-page-1/#comment-4582 Jonathan C Tue, 20 Mar 2007 16:24:21 +0000 http://www.thesunsfinancialdiary.com/2007/03/16/riskier-business-bonds-or-stocks/#comment-4582 Here-here. Jeremy Siegel's book, "Stocks for the Long Run", makes an authoritative case for stocks as the investment of choice for medium and long-term investing. The stock market has both the highest historical real return and lowest risk (standard deviation) over long periods of time than bonds/T-bills. Siegels' study includes a worst-case analysis, including buying at the peak of a bull, and still shows conclusively the historic resiliency of stocks as the least risky inflation-fighting vehicles over the long term. Here-here.

Jeremy Siegel’s book, “Stocks for the Long Run”, makes an authoritative case for stocks as the investment of choice for medium and long-term investing. The stock market has both the highest historical real return and lowest risk (standard deviation) over long periods of time than bonds/T-bills.

Siegels’ study includes a worst-case analysis, including buying at the peak of a bull, and still shows conclusively the historic resiliency of stocks as the least risky inflation-fighting vehicles over the long term.

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