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risk appetite
risk and return
risk arbitrage
Definition
The
level
of
risk
that a
person
or
corporation
is willing to
take
in
order
to
execute
a
strategy
. "During the height of the
recession
, investors' risk appetite shifted to cautious following huge
declines
in the
stock market
."
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