ECSENOMICS Risk and Return on Major Investments. 1926-1998 T-189 Figure 25-6 Small company stocks Large company stocks Long-term corporate bonds Long-term govt bonds Short-term govt, bond 0 Risk(standard deviation of return) McGraw-Hilllrwin Source: Ibbotson Associates, Stocks, Bonds, Bills, and Inflation: 1999 Yearbook,McGraw-Hill/Irwin Copyright © 2001 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Risk and Return on Major Investments, 1926-1998 T-189 Figure 25-6 Source: Ibbotson Associates, Stocks, Bonds, Bills, and Inflation: 1999 Yearbook, Ibbotson Associates Inc., Chicago, IL, 1999