The connection between financial risk and asset price swings emerges from the use of a new approach Imperfect Knowledge Economics (IKE) to understanding risk and fluctuations in asset markets.

The term risk free asset has become an oxymoron in contemporary Europe.

So savers did what one would expect seek higher risk adjusted returns in emerging economies, causing increases in credit and fueling upward pressure on exchange rates and asset prices.

The historical performance of hedge funds and private equities is generally higher than that of publicly traded equities, and lower correlation with other asset classes provides opportunities for risk reduction

But higher interest rates also imply large capital losses for central banks asset holdings.

But if markets are working well, then returns will be higher only because risk is higher.

The eurozone s sovereign risk problems could worsen, leading to another round of asset price corrections, global risk aversion, volatility, and financial contagion.

That, in turn, may cause higher investment or asset bubbles, as businesses seek to reinvest their savings somewhere.

In both cases, it is claimed that further expansionary asset provision policies run the risk of igniting inflation.

The absence of a stable framework will force investors to re think asset allocation decisions and risk pricing.

In the short run, QE3 will lead investors to take on risk, and will stimulate modest asset reflation.

The lender who can t judge the risk goes for investments that promise higher yields.

But, while risk aversion and volatility were falling and asset prices were rising, economic growth remained sluggish throughout the world.

Asset allocation normally requires the use of an asset and liability model effectively, multiple actuarial valuations into the future over a variety of time horizons and economic scenarios which explore the impact of following different asset allocation strategies in terms of expected returns and risk.

Because banks would need to accept higher risk, a secondary market for mortgages is necessary.

Unfortunately, contemporary economic theory, with its presumption of perfect price discovery in asset markets, has discouraged economists and policymakers from paying any attention to the role of asset price swings in managing systemic risk.

There is now a serious risk of a systemic meltdown in US financial markets as huge credit and asset bubbles collapse.

The European Union s approach to bank regulation encouraged financial institutions to load up on government debt supposedly a risk free asset.

This design helped spread the earthquake risk from Japan to foreign investors, who could accept the risk and were enticed by higher expected yields.

That belief can be traced to prevailing economic theory concerning the causes of asset price instability a theory that accounts for risk and asset price fluctuations as if the future followed mechanically from the past.

It has been observed that a higher number of participants effectively prevents the risk of collusion.

It says that, if your friends are obese, your risk of obesity is 45 percent higher.

Yes, there are legitimate technical concerns that QE is distorting asset prices, but bursting bubbles simply are not the main risk now.

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Today s low interest rate environment is causing a flood of financial flows to emerging economies, raising the risk of inflation and asset bubbles.

Credit rating agencies, institutional investors, and asset managers are encouraged to see how such factors can be incorporated into their own risk models.

After all, where else would they place their asset bets? Why would they risk losses in their massive portfolio of dollar based assets?

Second, it increases global asset demand, generating asset price inflation.

With higher financial asset prices, those firms that ought to be expanding and hiring will be able to get money on more attractive terms.

The asset that is purchased need not be a physical asset.

But our current unwholesome asset diet is an important component of risk, one that has received far too little attention in the policy debate.

In fact, lowering the benchmark rates for risk free assets changes the distribution of the risk premia on risky assets, making it too low when asset bubbles are forming and too high when they burst.

Something started to cause investors to fear that Greek debt had a slightly higher risk of eventual default.

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Banks often oppose higher equity asset ratios, because equity capital is more expensive than debt capital. But this is precisely because of the lemon effect.

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As output and consumption become more stable, investors do not demand as large a risk premium. The lower the price of risk, the higher the price of risky assets.

Emerging studies on the risk taking and asset price inflation engendered by ultra low policy rates will eventually convince Fed policymakers to change their stance.

Rapid normalization like that undertaken in the space of a year in 1994 would crash asset markets and risk leading to a hard economic landing.

Given the risk of re inflating asset bubbles, no one should expect a dramatic easing of credit of the type that followed the 2008 meltdown.

(b) An allocation to high yield bonds will provide further diversification benefits to the portfolio, more than compensating for the risk of this asset category

To avert a repetition, securities held by banks must carry a much higher risk rating than they currently do.