They work strategically to protect
and grow our clients» assets, carefully considering external forces that
affect the markets, as well as each portfolio's
risk -
reward ratio.
For our look at the features
and practices of different types of investment funds
and how they
affect you as an investor, read What are the
risks and rewards of securities lending?
So, on the one hand, overweighing
rewards associated with certain activities, including gambling itself, can heighten mood
and sometimes increase recklessness, consistent with reports that gambling behaviour has a mood regulatory purpose in
affected individuals.4 On the other hand, failure to properly balance the impact of
rewards and punishment,
and the interdiction of cognitive biases including «illusions of control» over the outcomes of probabilistic processes5 may lead to behaviour with consequences that destabilise mood, worsen clinical condition, or increase the
risk of relapse.