Sentences with phrase «averse nature»

Did some of that risk - averse nature come through with the understanding?

New government - sponsored investment schemes are designed to encourage equity investment, though given the risk - averse nature of Japanese households, relatively high dividend stocks will likely be preferred.

Yet, costs associated with innovating in the space and the risk - averse nature of the heavily - regulated sector also means there's an additional imperative to make sure things go smoothly the first time around.

«Lawyers are known for their risk - averse natures; it's part of the profession,» said Terry M. Isner, President of Marketing and Business Development at Jaffe, which co-published the report in conjunction with The Managing Partner Forum.

Not exact matches

Humans are risk - averse by nature — we need a push to go for new opportunities.

By its very nature, B2B necessitates a style of communication that is more risk - averse, one that has the potential to cater to all types of people and avoid alienating or offending anyone.

Averse by nature to circumstances for which they haven't prepared, offensive coordinators strain to conceive of every possible scenario in which the two - minute offense might be employed.

And anyone who knows her knows that Cara is, by nature, one of the most risk - averse people on earth.

Co-author Prof Michelle Ryan noted: «Understanding the nature of gender differences in risk taking is particularly important as the assumption that women are risk averse is often used to justify ongoing gender inequality — such as the gender pay gap and women's under - representation in politics and leadership»

If the pessimistic view of human nature is true, people should be more averse to shocking themselves — and so be willing to make less money — as compared with shocking others.

If you're risk - averse by nature, you may feel much better emotionally by hunkering down almost exclusively in bonds or cash.

Likewise, risk - averse investors hunting for income opportunities may find the uncorrelated nature of some CEF investments attractive.

There's psychological evidence that suggests it's human nature to become more risk averse after a series of losing trades and less risk averse after a series of winning trades, but that doesn't mean the risk of any one trade becomes more or less simply because you lost or won on your previous trade.

After you win a few trades you have a tendency to become over-confident... and I should stress that there's nothing inherently wrong with you if you do this or have done it; it's actually human nature to become less risk averse after winning a trade or multiple trades.

Perhaps the problem comes when people who are by nature risk - averse are the ones making decisions about how to market and make available their products which are designed to reduce risk for others.

Psychologists Kahneman and Tversky showed us that people are, by nature, risk averse (i.e., we have a tendency to defend the status quo rather than risk uncertain outcomes of a new path).

What the reaction here in the UK to events at Fukushima reveals, then, is the instability of those perspectives and the crisis - prone nature of risk - averse politics.

We usually find that within this simple query lies a far more complicated, nuanced question that can be re-stated as follows — «Within our retrospective compensation system, wherein all Partners are judged against a common list of performance characteristics... and the very nature of this individual - focused exercise naturally promotes comparisons of relative contributions and therefore competition and personal score - keeping among my off - the - charts, type - A skeptics and change - averse doubters... how can I incentivize a key to our strategic success — teamwork — without ripping the place apart or getting impeached?»

Rightly or wrongly, lawyers are infamous for being naysayers ---- many are risk - averse by nature, while a company's success depends on taking calculated risks.

Since clerks are risk - averse by nature, under this theory they have a greater incentive to recommend against granting review, rather than risk urging the Court to take a case that could turn out to be flawed or poorly presented.

Though some attorneys may be averse to diving into the ethical nitty - gritty of alternative legal financing, the ABA working group asserts they have a duty to advise their clients on these transactions: «If the lawyer is unfamiliar with transactions of this nature, he or she must either acquire the appropriate knowledge through reasonable study and preparation, associate with an experienced lawyer, or refer the client to another lawyer with established competence.»

I'm a little more risk averse by nature so I really wanted to make sure that I believed in the opportunity, I believed in the idea, I believed in my co-founder enough for the two of us to work side by side.

Perhaps the problem comes when people who are by nature risk - averse are the ones making decisions about how to market and make available their products which are designed to reduce risk for others.