What's the criterion of importance?
...other things that return principal plus interest like cash
Um.... I hate to break it to you...
What's the criterion of importance?
Important to the goal of increasing one's wealth while managing the risk of losing it. Certainly there are other possible goals (perhaps maximizing the chance of having a certain amount of money at a certain time, for example) but this is the most common, and the one that I assume people on LW discussing basic investing concepts would be interested in.
Um.... I hate to break it to you...
I'm not sure if you're referring to the fact that popular banks are returning virtually zero interest or if you're interpreting &qu...
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