lower risk — in the IUCN Criteria for threatened species, a taxon is Lower Risk when it has been evaluated, does not satisfy the criteria for any of the categories Critically Endangered, Endangered or Vulnerable. Abbreviated as LR. Taxa included in the Lower… … Dictionary of ichthyology
Risk factors for breast cancer — Risk factors of breast cancer may be divided into preventable and non preventable. Their study belongs in the field of epidemiology. Breast cancer, like other forms of cancer, is considered to result from multiple environmental and hereditary… … Wikipedia
Risk Lover — An investor who is willing to take on additional risk for an investment that has a relatively low expected return. This contrasts with the typical investor mentality risk aversion. Risk averse investors tend to take on increased risks only if… … Investment dictionary
risk — risk1 W1S2 [rısk] n [Date: 1600 1700; : French; Origin: risque, from Italian risco] 1.) [U and C] the possibility that something bad, unpleasant, or dangerous may happen = ↑danger →↑gamble, chance ↑chance risk of ▪ the risk … Dictionary of contemporary English
Risk Averse — A description of an investor who, when faced with two investments with a similar expected return (but different risks), will prefer the one with the lower risk. A risk averse investor dislikes risk, and therefore will stay away from adding high… … Investment dictionary
risk-averse — Describes an investor who, when faced with two investments with the same expected return but different risks, prefers the one with the lower risk. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * risk averse ˈrisk aˌverse adjective not willing to take risks … Financial and business terms
Risk Tolerance — The degree of uncertainty that an investor can handle in regard to a negative change in the value of his or her portfolio. An investor s risk tolerance varies according to age, income requirements, financial goals, etc. For example, a 70 year old … Investment dictionary
Risk averse — A risk averse investor is one who, when faced with two investments with the same expected return but two different risks, prefers the one with the lower risk. The New York Times Financial Glossary … Financial and business terms
Risk — takers redirects here. For the Canadian television program, see Risk Takers. For other uses, see Risk (disambiguation). Risk is the potential that a chosen action or activity (including the choice of inaction) will lead to a loss (an undesirable… … Wikipedia
Risk homeostasis — is a risk theory developed by Gerald J.S. Wilde, a professor emeritus of psychology at Queen s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada. This theory is fleshed out in Wilde s book1.The theory of risk homeostasis states that an individual has an… … Wikipedia
