Anyone who is familiar with the investment industry will know that the most common way to handle the risk level of portfolios is to divide them into three categories: high, medium and low risk. This is based mainly, if not exclusively, on the proportion of equities. Give or take a few per cent either way, 75% equities entails high risk, 50% medium risk and 25% low risk.
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Federal Reserve held rates steady at September meeting because of risk from both weaker economic growth and inflation.
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DETROIT, April 14 - General Motors Corp is recalling nearly 1.5 million Buick, Chevrolet, Oldsmobile and Pontiac mid-sized cars due to a potential leak of engine oil that could cause an engine fire. The recall...
There's a good chance the lame-duck Congress will punt the big decisions about economic stimulus to next year.
Lloyds TSB has agreed a 拢12bn emergency takeover of Halifax Bank of Scotland in a deal that could lead to 40,000 job cuts, the closure of hundreds of branches and financial pain for more than two million small shareholders...
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