For example, I’ve seen plenty of high-return, low-risk investments — that require a $50,000 minimum investment. I’ve also seen many with no liquidity and a five-year time commitment.

Mathematically, the returns are high and the risk is low. But again, these investments come with other dimensions beyond risk and return.

This week, we return to one of our oldest stock-picking methods, the High-Yield, Low-Risk screen. That ‘high yield’ bit is somewhat subjective. Today, investors can get a ‘risk-free’ yield of about ...

If you could earn the same reward on a low-risk investment as a high-risk one, you'd always choose the low-risk option. One of the main goals of any profitable investment strategy is to achieve ...