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The return on investment in excess of the (theoretical) risk-free rate of return that an investment is expected to yield: the extra benefit that an investor either gets or hopes to get in exchange for taking a risk. (Often measured by proxy measures such as aggregate corporate earnings compared with interest rates on certain benchmark bonds that stand in for risk-free securities.)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: investing
Topics: business, finance
Examples
- The risk premium of equities can turn negative according to proxy measures, as has often occurred over the decades.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
The return on investment in excess of the (theoretical) risk-free rate of return that an investment is expected to yield: the extra benefit that an investor either gets or hopes to get in exchange for taking a risk. (Often measured by proxy measures such as aggregate corporate earnings compared with interest rates on certain benchmark bonds that stand in for risk-free securities.)
An increase in the interest rate of a bond or loan according to the financial risk.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: investing
Topics: business, finance
Examples
- The loan shark added another 10% as the risk premium for an especially dubious borrower.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Catalan:
prima de risc
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French:
prime de risque
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Galician:
prima de risco
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German:
Risikoprämie
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German:
Risikoabschlag
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German:
Risikozuschlag
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German:
Risikoaufschlag
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Italian:
premio per il rischio
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Portuguese:
prêmio de risco
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Spanish:
prima de riesgo
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Swedish:
riskpremie
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