RiskGrades - RG

A trademarked method for calculating the risk of an asset portfolio. RiskGrades are based on a variance-covariance approach that measures the volatility of assets or asset portfolios as the scaled standard deviations of the returns.

More complex RiskGrades calculations allow for a few additional concepts:

RiskGrades were developed by JPMorgan. You can use RiskGrades to determine the level of risk in your portfolio based on the following numbers:

The RG of a risk-free asset is expected to be 0

The RG of a low-risk asset is expected to be 0 - 100

Normal stocks/indexes should have an RG of 100 - 300

Stocks with an RG of 100 - 800 are considered high risk

IPOs have an RG greater than 800