Investment
Sources of investment performance
Investment performance can be described as coming from six sources:
1. Treasury bill yield. The short term (less than one year, and typically 1–6 months) risk-free rate of interest.
2. Inflation-indexed government bond yield. The long-term inflation risk-free rate of interest. It is unclear whether these inflation indexed bonds need to offer a premium return over Treasury bills, but they probably will.
3. Conventional Treasury bond yield. The long-term nominal risk-free rate of interest. This rate of interest is subject to the risk of unexpectedly high inflation. It will include a premium over inflation-linked bonds to compensate Read the rest of this entry »