Talk:Risk and return

Sue, I see where you're coming from. As you'll see in what I did in the live page, the approach I'm taking is to avoid introducing new terms and concepts (like asset allocation) or introductory text (e.g., "this is why this is important") at this point, but to build up from the basic concept of uncertainty of returns. Hopefully why this is important is clear from what I wrote in the live version. Asset allocation will be introduced as we start discussing how to manage risk.

Personally, I would prefer to avoid even using the term Asset Classes yet, but deferred to Barry (for now) since he used it in the section title. I was thinking of this entire section just as the Introduction.

I realize that this style may be different than a more tutorial style. Hopefully we can try it, and get some feedback from Bogleheads (including newbies) as to whether or not it works. --Kevin M 17:56, 30 March 2012 (CDT)

I revised the spreadsheet charts and uploaded the MS Excel file to Google Docs: Risk.xlsx. I didn't convert to Google Docs format, as it loses the charts. The link will show a preview. File --> Download to save the file. I'll continue to work on this section. --LadyGeek 19:06, 30 March 2012 (CDT)

Feel free to modify the section title if it doesn't work. "Asset Classes" didn't fit in the current context, so I renamed it to something that's easy to understand and works with the ensuing discussion. --LadyGeek 20:32, 30 March 2012 (CDT):


 * Note the t-bill chart in the figure is missing one of its data bars.--Blbarnitz 04:18, 31 March 2012 (CDT)