Overview - Step5
Different Types of Risk
Allocating Assets
What's Right for You?
Learning Milestone
   


What's Right for You?

The following roster of investment choices covers the spectrum from the more conservative to the more high-risk--yet potentially higher return--investments.

Savings Preservation/Low Risk:
Cash/money market accounts
Short-term bond accounts
Certificates of deposit (CDs)
Treasury bills

Income Potential/Medium Risk:
Fixed account options
Government bonds
Corporate bonds
High-yield bonds

High Growth Potential/High Risk:
Growth-income securities
Large capitalization (large cap) stocks
Mid cap stocks
Small cap stocks
Value stocks
International stocks
Emerging markets stocks and bonds







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