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Risk-Free Return

The return on any investment with such low risk that the risk is considered to not exist. A common example of a risk-free return is the return on a U.S. Treasury security. The risk-free return exists in order to compensate the investor for the temporary tying up of his/her capital, even though it is not put at risk. See also: Capital Allocation Line, riskless investment.

risk-free return

The annualized rate of return on a riskless investment. This is the rate against which other returns are measured. See also excess return.

Risk-free return. When you buy a US Treasury bill that matures in 13 weeks, you're making a risk-free investment in the sense that there's virtually no chance of losing your principal (since the bill is backed by the US government) and no threat from inflation (since the term is so short).

Your yield, or the amount you earn on that investment, is described as risk-free return. By subtracting the risk-free return from the return on an investment that has the potential to lose value, you can figure out the risk premium, which is one measure of the risk of choosing an investment other than the 13-week bill.

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Jensen's Index
Neutral Hedge
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The non-cash share-based compensation expense is expected to vary depending on the number of new grants issued to both current and new employees, and changes in the Company's stock price, stock market volatility, expected option life, and risk-free interest rates (all of which are difficult to estimate).

DivX Reaches Settlement With Yahoo! Ending Legal Dispute Over Toolbar ... by PR Newswire

First, when a taxpayer enters into a foreign currency transaction, there is an expected gain realized in the future conversion that is explained by the spread between the domestic and foreign risk-free interest rates as they are at the time the transaction is entered into.

Foreign currency considerations in tax law and policy by Akbari, Sina / University of Toronto Faculty of Law Review

The BSMOP model assumes that stock option exercises occur only at maturity, with other variables (using weighted-average estimates) such as expected dividends, expected volatility, and risk-free interest rates remaining constant over the option term [5].

Audit procedures on the use of fair value of share-based compensation by Silliman, Benjamin R.; Fitzsimons, Adrian P. / Review of Business

Risk Premium Approach