risk-free

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Putting it all together, the market’s 4.7% earnings yield minus the 2% real risk-free rate gives an ERP of 2.7%.

From Barron's • May 14, 2026

A team cannot play without a goalkeeper, so it became a risk-free method of impacting the opposition, or getting the opportunity to talk to your team.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026

Spreads in the roughly $9.5 trillion agency mortgage-bond market have been moving higher, with the “current coupon” near 5.25%, which is a spread of about 125 basis points above the risk-free Treasury rate.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 17, 2026

Savers accept lower returns to own risk-free Treasury debt because it usually acts as a shock absorber.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026

The Wall Street bond traders on the other end of the phone from Howie Hubler came away with the impression that he considered these bets entirely risk-free.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis