Dietary fiber is the edible parts of plants or analogous carbohydrates that are resistant to digestion and absorption in the human small intestine, with complete or partial fermentation in the large intestine. Dietary fiber includes polysaccharides, oligosaccharides, lignin, and associated plant substances.
The theoretical rate of return attributed to an investment with zero risk. The risk-free rate represents the interest on an investor's money that he or she would expect from an absolutely risk-free investment over a specified period of time. Next Up.
Step 1. Estimate the risk-free rate (Rf). This is the rate offered on federal government debt which is expected to have no risk of default. Investors can use the yields of bonds issued by the country where the company that issued the stock is domiciled as an estimate of the risk-free rate.