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risk off

risk off is the alternative form of risk-off.

Meaning of risk-off

Noun

risk-off (uncountable)

  1. A mode of investment behavior in which investors shift high-risk investments to low-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

Questions about risk off

What is risk off the alternative form of?
Risk off is the alternative form of risk-off.

Words near risk off in the dictionary

  1. risk factor
  2. risk it for the biscuit
  3. risk it to get the biscuit
  4. risk life and limb
  5. risk management
  6. risk off
  7. risk on
  8. risk one's life
  9. risk one's life and limb
  10. risk one's neck
  11. risk premium

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