a high-risk investment
91Carry (investment) — The carry of an asset is the return obtained from holding it (if positive), or the cost of holding it (if negative) (see also Cost of carry). For instance, commodities are usually negative carry assets, as they incur storage costs or may suffer… …
92Rebalancing (investment) — Rebalancing is the action of bringing a portfolio of investments that has deviated away from one s target asset allocation back into line. Under weighted securities can be purchased with newly saved money; alternatively, over weighted securities… …
93Skewness risk — denotes that observations are not spread symmetrically around an average value. As a result, the average and the median are different. Skewness risk applies to any quantitative model that relies on a symmetric distribution (such as the normal… …
94Climate risk — means a risk resulting from climate change and affecting natural and human systems and regions. In the course of increasing global temperature and extreme weather phenomena the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has been founded by… …
95Short-Term Investment Fund - STIF — A type of fund that invests in short term investments of high quality and low risk. The goal of this type of fund is to protect capital with low risk investments while achieving a return that beats a relevant benchmark such as a Treasury bill… …
96Timberland Investment — An investment instrument used primarily by large institutional investors (such as public and private pension funds). The two main assets that underlie timberland investments are tree farms and managed natural forests. The returns on these… …
97Noise Trader Risk — A form of market risk associated with the investment decisions of noise traders. The higher the volatility in market price for a particular security, the greater the associated noise trader risk Behavioral finance researchers have attempted to… …
98Defensive Investment Strategy — A method of portfolio allocation and management aimed at minimizing the risk of losing principal. Defensive investors place a high percentage of their investable assets in bonds, cash equivalents, and stocks that are less volatile than average. A …
99Uncompensated risk — In investments, uncompensated risk is the level of additional risk for which no additional returns are generated and when taking systematic withdrawals make the probability of failure unacceptably high.External links*… …
100Legislative Risk — The risk that legislation by the government could significantly alter the business prospects of one or more companies, adversely affecting investment holding in that company. This may occur as a direct result of government action or by altering… …
