The extra return expected from an equities investment due to the higher risks involved. This is measured in relation to the returns delivered by long-term US government bonds which are considered to ...

The U.S. stock market has just entered unfamiliar territory. The equity risk premium (ERP) for the S&P 500 — essentially the extra return investors expect for taking on stock market risk over safer ...

The S&P 500 risk premium -- the forward earnings yield minus the 10-year Treasury yield-- is now nearly zero. "Such dismal equity risk-reward prospects have only been seen once in the last quarter ...

With the S&P 500 trading just shy of a fresh record high, the premium that investors enjoy for taking on the additional risk of owning stocks over bonds has shrunk to its lowest level in 23 years.

As highlighted by market analysts on November 14, the S&P 500 equity risk premium has significantly shrunk, reaching ...

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

The risk premium for options is rising in assets from stocks to gold, even as implied volatility on benchmark indexes has been either steady or falling for most of this year.