Sentences with phrase «of being risk averse»

In the legal sector progresss has been slower, owing in part to the necessity of being risk averse.

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«A lot of times, folks who are in their 30s, it's easy to get risk averse,» Snider said.

«Are we so risk - averse that we'd like to catch a lot of minnows, too even if that means exposing people to a lot of treatment - related morbidity?»

Most of us are inherently risk averse; in the face of a risk, or a bad situation, the human brain is wired to imagine worst - case scenarios, which unfortunately stifles our productivity and makes us feel anxious and stressed.

Large corporations are risk - averse and bureaucratic but there are ways of speeding up the pace of change and acting more like a start - up.

Once you've reviewed your financials, you can probably get a sense of how much risk you're able to assume, but also take into account your personality: how risk - averse are you?

Leahy agrees: Personality assessments conducted as part of the Texas A&M University study found that people who are more risk averse and who have more self control were more apt to choose and be successful with the snowball method.

We've got a pretty risk - averse reputation — but there are plenty of Canadian entrepreneurs who have embraced their failures, and credit them for making later successes possible.

Are you risk averse, or a bit of a risk seeker?

The group of Canadian businesses with the most potential for growth are being held back by our risk - averse financial environment.

They are also inherently rigid, risk - averse, and reluctant to innovate, because they know that if they deviate from the letter of the law, or if an innovation goes awry, they will be chastised politically.

«In the area of trading, it is now an academically demonstrated fact that women tend to be a little bit more risk - averse,» Lagarde told me in September.

In other words, a risk - averse Pentagon is an ineffective Pentagon, and some cost overruns should be embraced as the cost of doing business.

«When I think of «risk averse,» I think, «how comfortable are you with being uncomfortable?»

It's better to fail small and fail quickly than to become so risk - averse that you stifle innovation and fall short of revitalizing your brand experience.

Banks are the epitome of risk - averse growth investors.

«It's hard to get people out of larger companies or universities in a city like Des Moines, because they tend to be risk - averse.

Historically, women's low participation in investment activity has been explained away with claims that they are too emotional, too risk averse, or simply too broke to be good investors, none of which is has been proven to be anything more than archaic stereotype.

Much of this is from the well meaning but risk averse.

As a result of the weak recovery, the economy has lots of spare capacity, interest rates and valuations are well below historical averages, and corporate managements are exercising extreme risk - averse behavior.

Having led several types of organizations, the truth is that most people are incredibly risk averse, but there are very few risks that will cause permanent damage.

And, because of that, some of the best venture capital investments have been made in times when everyone was risk averse.

Sure, these types of investments are still fairly traditional, but these priorities illustrate that small business owners are smart and risk - averse.

This likely results in directors being risk averse, which of course only serves to narrow their view of who might be acceptable,» says Nicholas Donatiello, one of the researchers in the study.

«Innovation's a big part of our whole corporate culture and part of what helps differentiate us,» says Carlson, pointing out that oil and gas companies can be risk - averse and sometimes late to exploit opportunities presented by technical advances.

Being overtly risk - averse and not taking advantage of the upside potential is not the way to go.»

Risk - seeking investor preferences allow markets to be tolerant of rich valuations and even bubbles, while a subtle shift to risk - averse investor preferences often signals an impending and catastrophic end to those valuation extreRisk - seeking investor preferences allow markets to be tolerant of rich valuations and even bubbles, while a subtle shift to risk - averse investor preferences often signals an impending and catastrophic end to those valuation extrerisk - averse investor preferences often signals an impending and catastrophic end to those valuation extremes.

Like you probably are, I'm extremely risk averse... my # 1 goal is preservation of capital.

So even if you're saving for a long - term goal, if you're more risk - averse you may want to consider a more balanced portfolio with some fixed income investments, And regardless of your time horizon and risk tolerance, even if you're pursuing the most aggressive asset allocation models you may want to consider including a fixed income component to help reduce the overall volatility of your portfolio.

If you will sell at the first sign of a loss, you are risk averse.

The way the story goes is that an extended period of calm with steady growth and no recessions, nothing to make you nervous, makes investors less risk - averse, so more risk taking, and not just investors, but their financial intermediaries.

But as we've detailed — particularly since mid-2014 — all of those prospects actually hinge on whether individuals in the economy are risk - seeking or risk - averse, and poor market action presently signals risk - aversion.

For a traditionally risk - averse area of law, that's a pretty revolutionary concept!

Ezra Klein: But this goes to something I think is hard for entrepreneurs, hard for the government, hard for anybody on either side of the aisle who wants to change anything, which is that people are very risk averse about their healthcare.

More likely is a mass exodus of creators to some other form of monetization because advertisements and media buyers have always been risk averse and that's not likely to change.

However, the banks are more risk - averse and, because of regulation, they have to hold more capital on their balance sheet, which impacts their willingness to lend and the investment solutions they offer treasurers.

So while she picks Net stocks for fun, the bulk of Streisand's wealth — she won't reveal how much that comes to — is in the more risk - averse, professional hands of her friend and money manager, Todd Morgan, chairman of Bel Air Investment Advisors.

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.

«Using the criteria of multiperiod utility analysis,... for moderate and strongly risk - averse individuals, the fixed indexed annuity is judged superior in performance to various combinations of stocks and bonds.

Inside that black box is the mental state of investors, which can be rational, delusional, risk - averse, or risk - seeking at any given point in time.

It's a more risk averse strategy that works if the market is going up or down, and when the top or bottom of a market isn't in sight.

«Recessions are caused by the build up of imbalances and some sort of event or policy change that causes investors, consumers, businesses and regulators to become more risk averse.»

Advantages: It's a more risk averse strategy that works if the market is going up or down, and when the top or bottom of a market isn't in sight.

The discussion explored how women are challenged by pay inequity, the perception of being too ambitious and by company policies and culture that leave many women who are mothers averse to taking risks.

Despite the fact that gold has made higher highs for three consecutive quarters, silver simply fails to respond to what has to be considered superlative fundamentals with even the multi-year high in the gold - to - silver - ratio north of 80 failing to attract even the risk averse spreaders.

You have to be as risk averse as retirees so that you don't lose a part of your funds that you are relying on for a comfortable post retirement life.

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.

Regardless of your age, if you are extremely risk averse and can not tolerate drops in your portfolio value, you may want a greater percentage in fixed / bond assets and a lesser percent in stocks.

To avoid the regret of missing out, the investor will be less risk averse and will likely buy any stocks that his friend recommends in the future without conducting any background research of his own.

This is the first deal of its kind, and comes just as investors are becoming more risk - averse.