be averse to risk
1Risk aversion — is a concept in psychology, economics, and finance, based on the behavior of humans (especially consumers and investors) while exposed to uncertainty. Risk aversion is the reluctance of a person to accept a bargain with an uncertain payoff rather …
2risk-averse — UK US adjective business opposed to taking risks, or only willing to take small risks Thesaurus: careful and cautioussynonym * * * ˈrisk averse 8 [risk averse] …
3risk-averse investor — ➔ investor * * * risk averse investor UK US noun [C] FINANCE ► someone who prefers to make safe investments: »The Nasdaq index is dominated by a handful of stocks, so it is likely to remain volatile and unsuitable for risk averse investors …
4Risk — 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… …
5risk aversion — Attitudes toward *risk characterized by avoidance or minimization. Risk averse investors are deemed to have low *risk appetites they prefer certain but relatively low rates of *return over doubtful but higher rates of return. For example, an… …
6risk appetite — The willingness of investors to assume *risks in order to achieve *returns. Risk appetites range from *risk averse to *risk seeking …
7Risk perception — is the subjective judgment that people make about the characteristics and severity of a risk. The phrase is most commonly used in reference to natural hazards and threats to the environment or health, such as nuclear power. Several theories have… …
8risk-averse — risk a,verse adjective not usually before noun BUSINESS opposed to taking risks, or only willing to take small risks, especially in business …
9risk-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 …
10Risk premium — A risk premium is the minimum amount of money by which the expected return on a risky asset must exceed the known return on a risk free asset, in order to induce an individual to hold the risky asset rather than the risk free asset. Thus it is… …
