Many people — especially young people — avoid the stock market because they fear risk.
But that fear may be misplaced, according to a recent investment risk analysis performed by personal finance website NerdWallet.
Using a common risk assessment tool — called a Monte Carlo simulation — NerdWallet ran 10,000 possible outcomes for investors, based on historical S&P 500 and Treasury returns, and the volatility (riskiness) of those returns.
Click here to read about the results.