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In practice, this 1.5% real risk-free rate is the rate that investors expect to earn after inflation from a risk-free investment with a 10-year duration after inflation.

If the risk-free rate is 0.5%, inflation is estimated to be 2.5%, and the bond's liquidity and maturity premiums are both 1%, adding all of these together produces a total of 5%.

To calculate this ratio, determine the difference between an investment's average return rate and the risk-free rate. Then divide this figure by the standard deviation of negative returns.

Downside risk refers to the potential for an investment to decrease in value. Unlike general risk, which considers both upward and downward price movements, downside risk focuses solely on the ...

Downside risk is an investing concept that refers to the potential loss in value of an investment. It measures the likelihood of an asset declining in price and the extent of that potential decline.

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