PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Christian Walkshäusl ED - Goyal, Gauri TI - Practical Applications of International Low-Risk Investing AID - 10.3905/pa.2015.3.1.114 DP - 2015 Jul 31 TA - Practical Applications PG - 1--4 VI - 3 IP - 1 4099 - https://pm-research.com/content/3/1/1.10.short 4100 - https://pm-research.com/content/3/1/1.10.full AB - International Low-Risk Investing Christian Walkshäusl Low-risk equals low return; high-risk equals high return. That traditional view has been debunked by academic research showing that a portfolio of low-risk stocks outperforms a portfolio of high-risk stocks, particularly in the US equity market. It has led to increasing interest in low-risk investing strategies by risk-averse institutional investors.Does this result hold for all international markets? Which low-risk strategy works best? This article pushes the research forward by investigating different sectors, countries and correlations of three low-risk strategies. In this report, the author offers some useful starting points for international investors. Christian Walkshäusl , Associate Professor of Finance at the University of Regensburg in Germany, offers some useful starting points for international investors.