risk-free

Example Sentences

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“But I will stress that there is no risk-free path for the policy interest rate.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026

No medicine is risk-free and these drugs have improved many patients' lives, it said.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026

In financial market arithmetic, a higher risk-free interest rate lowers the present value of future profits, the most basic component of stock prices, and holds down gains for broader indexes as a result.

From Barron's • Mar. 20, 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

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