Should be directly related to the potential risk a investor assumes
Risk tolerance is the amount of psychological pain you are willing to suffer for your invvestments
Losing all or part of your principle, the purchasing power of your investment can decerase and you may not recieve the return that you expected.
The business will be less profitable then anticipated
The return on the investment will not keep up with inflation
Changes in the intrest rates within the economy
The value fluctuates because of behavior of investors in the marketplace
Should be evaluated like domestic investments
Business Failiure Risk, Inflation Risk, Intrest Rate risk, Market Risk, Global Investment risk
Savings account
Government Saving bonds, Guranteed Investment Certificates (GICS)
Canadian Treasury Bills
Term deposits
It is provided by stockholders who buy shares of a company stock
Stockholders are owners and share in the success of the company
A bond is a loan to a corporation, the federal governemnt or municipality
Boldholders recieve periodic intrest payments. The principle they lend is repaid at maturity 1-30 years
They can keep it until maturity or sell it to another investor
A proffesional fund manager
You can invest in a real estate investment trust REIT. A REIT is issued in the stock market and is designed to pay out money generated from a business or a set of investments through cash disbursements to unitholders.