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risk-on

risk-on noun: a mode of investment behavior in which investors shift low-risk investments to more profitable high-risk investments.

Noun

risk-on (uncountable)

  1. A mode of investment behavior in which investors shift low-risk investments to more profitable high-risk investments.
    • In a risk-on environment, they then sell those currencies and use the proceeds to buy risk assets with greater price appreciation potential. In a risk-off environment, they're compelled to sell their risk assets and buy back those funding currencies that they previously sold.2011, Brian Dolan, Currency Trading For Dummies, →ISBN, page 98
    • The higher the value of c1 (i.e., the higher the value of α), the faster the transition from a risk-off to a risk-on mode.2014, Eric Barthalon, Uncertainty, Expectations, and Financial Instability, →ISBN, page 195

Antonyms of risk-on

Forms of risk-on

alternative formrisk on

Questions about risk-on

What does risk-on mean?
Risk-on means a mode of investment behavior in which investors shift low-risk investments to more profitable high-risk investments.
What part of speech is risk-on?
Risk-on is a noun.

Words near risk-on in the dictionary

  1. risk-averse
  2. risk-aversities
  3. risk-aversity
  4. risk-free
  5. risk-off
  6. risk-on
  7. risk-taking
  8. riskable
  9. Riske
  10. risked
  11. risked it for the biscuit

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