{"id":1478,"date":"2025-04-29T10:53:42","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T00:53:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diversiview.online\/blog\/?p=1478"},"modified":"2026-03-12T10:40:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T00:40:13","slug":"latest-risk-free-rates-of-return-and-equity-risk-premium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diversiview.online\/blog\/latest-risk-free-rates-of-return-and-equity-risk-premium\/","title":{"rendered":"The Latest Risk-Free Rates of Return and Equity Risk Premium"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

UPDATED AS AT: 12 MARCH 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Diversiview uses the following RF (risk-free rates of return) and ERP (equity risk premium) values to calculate the expected return (CAPM) for individual securities, as well as other indicators such as Portfolio Alpha.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Market \/ Country<\/strong>
<\/td>		RF Instrument<\/strong>
<\/td>		RF value<\/strong>
(instrument yield)<\/td>		ERP<\/strong>
for country<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
ASX \/ AU <\/td>Australia Bond 10 Year Yield<\/td>4.25%<\/td>4.37%<\/td><\/tr>
NASDAQ & NYSE \/ US<\/td>10 Year US Treasury Yield<\/td>4.13%<\/td>4.46%<\/td><\/tr>
BSE & NSE \/ IN
+ MUTUAL FUNDS \/ IN<\/td>		India 10-Year Government Bond<\/td>6.65%<\/td>7.22%<\/td><\/tr>
HKEX \/ HK <\/td>Hong Kong 10-Year Government Bond<\/td>2.821%<\/td>5.15%<\/td><\/tr>
LSE \/ UK<\/td>UK Gilt 10 Year Yield<\/td>4.75%<\/td>5.15%<\/td><\/tr>
DFM \/ UAE<\/td>US dollar-denominated 10-year UAE Bond<\/td>4.857%<\/td>5.01%<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Updates:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

RF are updated at least once a month (usually weekly), from the respective instruments listed above. ERP values are updated twice a year, or more often if new values become available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Values:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

RF values are yields of the instruments listed above, sourced from public governments websites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The equity risk premium (ERP) reflects fundamental judgments we make about how much risk we see in an economy\/market and what price we attach to that risk. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country ERP values are based on the Implied ERP for US as calculated by Prof Aswath Damodaran<\/a> from the Stern School of Business at New York University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Implied ERP for US on 1 March, 2026<\/strong>=4.37% (Trailing 12 month cash yield)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you have any questions about the above information, please contact the team at contact@lensellgroup.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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