Yes, Virginia, There are High Rewards from Low Risk Stocks
October 31, 2013 at 17:23 PM EDT
Here's something to mull over: Research by Russell Investments found that stocks that were the least volatile and the least risky performed the best over time. In other words, low-risk equities returned the highest rewards to investors. According to two studies by Russell Investments, the first covering 1986 through 2006 and