Document Type
Occasional Paper
Publication Date
2-2011
Abstract
This paper discusses the need for better information on investment risks. The information should be relevant, concise, and accessible to individual investors. More and better information on factors that are likely to influence an investment’s performance and investors’ decisions should eventually lead to better investment decisions – more savings and higher retirement incomes. This paper presents a number of ways to disclose risk to individual investors. There are three numerical and three visual representations to risk. The discussion centers on the pros and cons of each risk representation. All risk descriptions show relevant information, are concise, and more or less accessible.
Recommended Citation
Weller, Christian A., "Fun with Numbers: Disclosing Risk to Individual Investors" (2011). Gerontology Institute Publications. 55.
https://scholarworks.umb.edu/gerontologyinstitute_pubs/55
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Comments
This working paper has been published as a report with the Post Partisan Foundation’s economic security project (www.economicsecurityproject.org).