The TAG funds would then flow back to the Fed, where the account balances would be free of risk.
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Even the best-regulated air shows cannot be completely free of risk, but the UK's last fatality involving a member of the public was 50 years ago.
Europeans who settle in the United States are at once frightened and exhilarated by a place where people may yearn for a life free of risk (inside gated communities, for example) but know in their hearts they can never get it.
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Wells Fargo is not free of all risk of litigation stemming from the 2008 credit crisis, however.
We are not convinced that managers who charge excessive fees and even disclose to clients that their fees are higher-than-necessary, are free of litigation risk.
Unfortunately, because QE involves the exchange of one risk-free asset (bank reserves) for another (Treasury securities), QE does nothing to increase the amount of risk-free assets available to the market.
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Often forgotten by the proponents of free enterprise medical care is that risk is the key element of the system free-marketers hold so dear.
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If the world can arrive at a consensus on such an architecture -- and maximize the benefits of free flow of private capital without excessive risk -- that would be the best legacy of the Asian crisis.
"For example, hiking in a rural area of the Indian subcontinent where dogs commonly roam free carries a sufficient risk of exposure - combined with potential difficulties in obtaining early, safe and effective post-exposure prophylaxis - to warrant vaccination before travelling, " he said.
The CAPM theory assumed that the portfolio would hold an amount of risk free assets plus it would embrace all risky assets weighted by their market capitalization.
The on-demand nature of cloud solutions make such events nearly risk-free in terms of time and money.
This promise, backed up by thousands of pages of regulations, undermines the natural risk aversion and skepticism of market participants by creating the illusion of a risk-free future.
And because they have zero expected return, they are inferior to the rate of risk-free return.
The United States and the world have many options on the table, none of them risk free.
For borrowers then, Upstart is almost like a risk free form of debt.
This was important, because the financial markets have been signaling that there is a shortage of risk-free, dollar-denominated financial assets.
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If anything, QE seems to marginally reduce the supply of risk-free assets.
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As I wrote in Stop Playing Safe, ultimately there is no decision that is 100% safe, without risk and free of consequence.
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That we silly people who save wouldn't know what to do with a risk free rate of return if we ever see it again.
Greater fiscal integration requires the upfront and ongoing commitment of voters and officials across member countries and increases the risk of moral hazard like free riding and breaking of covenants in the future, especially from member states that would be required to execute tough reforms.
The banks then boost their earnings by selling the risk-free portion of the loans on a secondary market.
And the dividend yield is competitive with that of certain risk-free government bonds.
Indeed, some wonder whether America's dwindling band of free traders were wise to risk so much for so small a deal.
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The loss of a risk-free credit-rating crown would materially affect the economy only if treasury yields rise to reflect growing risks.
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Furthermore, at this stage in our economic cycle, U.S. Treasuries cannot be considered totally risk free instruments because of some major heads winds.
Investors holding the once risk-free bonds of the U.S. and Europe are getting a combination of low yield and amazing volatility in bond prices.
Which of these got the biggest allocation of this risk-free trade?
But if you have less than five years before your kid sits down to freshman composition, a risk-free certificate of deposit, money market fund or even a traditional savings account is a better bet.
Note that you can get a risk-free real return of 3.5% on inflation-indexed U.S. Treasurys.
By comparison, Linux is practically risk-free for vendors of Intel or non-Intel hardware.
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