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11Risk/Reward Ratio — A ratio used by many investors to compare the expected returns of an investment to the amount of risk undertaken to capture these returns. This ratio is calculated mathematically by dividing the amount of profit the trader expects to have made… …
12risk appetite — The willingness of investors to assume *risks in order to achieve *returns. Risk appetites range from *risk averse to *risk seeking …
13risk-prone — Willing to pay money to assume risk from others. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary …
14foreseeable risk — n. The risk that a person of ordinary intelligence and prudence should reasonably expect to occur. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008. foreseeable risk …
15Coherent risk measure — In the field of financial economics there are a number of ways that risk can be defined; to clarify the concept theoreticians have described a number of properties that a risk measure might or might not have. A coherent risk measure is a function …
16Cultural Theory of risk — The Cultural Theory of risk, often referred to simply as Cultural Theory (with capital letters; not to be confused with culture theory), consists of a conceptual framework and an associated body of empirical studies that seek to explain societal… …
17Value at risk — (VaR) is a maximum tolerable loss that could occur with a given probability within a given period of time. VaR is a widely applied concept to measure and manage many types of risk, although it is most commonly used to measure and manage the… …
18Refinancing Risk — 1. The risk that an early unscheduled repayment of principal on mortgage backed securities(MBS) will occur when the underlying mortgages are refinanced by borrowers. All MBS buyers assume some level of prepayments in their initial yield… …
19Weather risk management — is a type of risk management done by organizations to address potential financial losses caused by unusual weather.OverviewEnergy, agriculture, transportation, construction, municipalities, school districts, travel, food processors, retail sales… …
20owner's risk — A term employed by common carriers in bills of lading and shipping receipts to signify that the carrier does not assume responsibility for the safety of the goods. Morrison v Phillips & Colby Constr. Co. 44 Wis 405 …
