be averse to risk
21risk-averse — adj. Risk averse is used with these nouns: ↑investor …
22Risk Seeking — The search for greater volatility and uncertainty in investments in exchange for anticipated higher returns. Risk seekers might pursue investments such as small cap stocks and international stocks, preferring growth investments over value… …
23risk-seeking — Readiness to assume high rates of *risk in order to achieve opportunities for high *returns. Risk seeking investors are deemed to have high *risk appetites. In contrast to a *risk averse individual, for example, a risk seeker would tend to reject …
24Risk-loving — A risk lover is a person who has a preference for risk. While most investors are considered risk averse, one could view casino goers as risk loving. If a person has a discontinuous indifference curve they may also behave in risk loving ways …
25averse — UK [əˈvɜː(r)s] / US [əˈvɜrs] adjective not be averse to something See: risk averse …
26risk preference — The attitude of an investor or decision maker to risks. See risk averse; risk neutral; risk seeking …
27risk-averse — Describing a risk preference in which a decision maker s attraction to an investment or other economic choice rises with higher average returns and falls with greater standard deviations of returns. Compare risk neutral; risk seeking See also… …
28risk-neutral — Describing a risk preference in which the decision maker is influenced only by the average return on an investment or other choice and not by the standard deviation of returns. Compare risk averse; risk seeking …
29risk-seeking — Describing a risk preference in which the decision maker s attraction to an investment or other economic choice rises with higher average returns and a higher standard deviation of returns. Compare risk averse; risk neutral …
30risk-averse — /rɪsk əˈvɜs/ (say risk uh vers) adjective 1. reluctant to take risks; cautious. 2. Stock Exchange of, relating to, or designating an investor who consistently chooses conservative investments and avoids those with an element of risk even though… …
