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Benjamin Franklin once said, "In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes." We at FINRA would like to propose adding a third certainty: investment risk.

There is no such thing as a risk-free investment. Stocks, bonds, mutual funds and exchange-traded funds can lose value if market conditions sour—and even cash can fail to keep up with inflation. There is no such thing as a risk-free investment. Stocks, bonds, mutual funds and exchange-traded funds can lose value, even their entire value, if market conditions sour. And even conservative, insured investments, such as certificates of deposit (CDs) carry their own kind of risk: inflation risk (more on that later)....