risk-free interest rate
Definition
The rate of return that can be obtained by investing in financial instruments which have minimal likelihood of defaulting. As such a risk-free rate only exists in theory, it can be implemented practically by using government treasury bonds as the benchmark. These bonds still have a very small amount of risk but the likelihood of the government defaulting is very low.
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