|
 |
||
 |
| This dictionary contains: 24549 financial terms |
 |
Risk
|
|
RiskThe possibility of loss; the amount that one may lose when investing.
RELATED TERMS--------------------------------------
Loss
The opposite of gain.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Ring the cash register
Used in the context of general equities. "Take a profit."
Rings
Trading arenas located on the floor of an exchange in which traders execute orders. Sometimes called a pit.
Rio de Janeiro Stock Exchange (Bolsa do Rio)
Brazil's major securities market.
Rise
An increase or upward movement; an increase in salary (US: a raise in salary).
Rising bottoms
Chart pattern showing an increasing trend in the daily low prices of a security or commodity.
Risk
Risk adjusted discount rate
The rate established by adding a expected risk premium to the risk-free rate in order to determine the present value of a risky investment.
Risk adjusted profitability
A probability used to determine a "sure" expected value (sometimes called a certainty equivalent) that would be equivalent to the actual risky expected value.
Risk adjusted return
Return earned on an asset normalized for the amount of risk associated with that asset.
Risk arbitrage
Traditionally, the simultaneous purchase of stock in a company being acquired and the sale of stock of the acquirer. Modern risk arbitrage focuses on capturing the spreads between the market value of an announced takeover target and the eventual price at which the acquirer will buy the target's shares.
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.
RELATED TERMS--------------------------------------
Loss
The opposite of gain.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Ring the cash register
Used in the context of general equities. "Take a profit."
Rings
Trading arenas located on the floor of an exchange in which traders execute orders. Sometimes called a pit.
Rio de Janeiro Stock Exchange (Bolsa do Rio)
Brazil's major securities market.
Rise
An increase or upward movement; an increase in salary (US: a raise in salary).
Rising bottoms
Chart pattern showing an increasing trend in the daily low prices of a security or commodity.
Risk
Risk adjusted discount rate
The rate established by adding a expected risk premium to the risk-free rate in order to determine the present value of a risky investment.
Risk adjusted profitability
A probability used to determine a "sure" expected value (sometimes called a certainty equivalent) that would be equivalent to the actual risky expected value.
Risk adjusted return
Return earned on an asset normalized for the amount of risk associated with that asset.
Risk arbitrage
Traditionally, the simultaneous purchase of stock in a company being acquired and the sale of stock of the acquirer. Modern risk arbitrage focuses on capturing the spreads between the market value of an announced takeover target and the eventual price at which the acquirer will buy the target's shares.
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.
We thank you for using the Financial Dictionary to search for Risk. If you have a better definition for Risk than the one presented here, please let us know by making use of the suggest a term option. This definition of Risk may be disputed by other professionals. Our attempt is to provide easy definitions on Risk and any other medical topic for the public at large.
This dictionary contains 24549 terms.
|
|