#risk averse

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Calculated Risk Investing Method

An Investor always takes into consideration the risk-reward ratio.  Really, one is interested in investing propositions that offer a higher reward in comparison to the amount of money one is risking.  There is also another factor that influences an investment decision, that is the risk tolerance.  

Are you a risk averse investor or risk tolerant investor?

This article will help one to understand what is a calculated risky investing method or strategy.  Let's get started.

[furryalligator]

The financial crisis was brutal for the American economy, so it's no surprise that we still bear the scars. But some of the lingering damage is evident in areas that you might not expect. Today on the Indicator, where we're a lot more cautious than we used to be.

(via Less Risky Business : Planet Money : NPR)

[floogaloop]

I don’t know how people gamble. I lose one dollar to a vending machine and I am physically ill

[lethe-the-shoggoth]

damn this generation would've hated evil knievel. i get not wanting to do daredevil stuff yourself, but the world would be less cool if no one ever did. imagine if no one ever climbed a mountain or explored a cave.

it's interesting for its own sake and makes the world more fun to live in that there are people who risk their lives doing death-defying things, but now you have a generation of kids who should be out there doing bart simpson type stuff acting like tipper gore about anything remotely out of the norm.

what's gotten into gen z to make them so risk-averse that they hate on other people taking risks that don't hurt anyone else? it's like they all turned into Bush Sr. in their teen years.

[dk-thrive]

He was the salt of the earth. But how exciting was that? It never took him anywhere, just kept him away from everything that could possibly ignite into something interesting. There was no edge to him, so he never really engaged with anyone. As such, you could say niceness was an egotistical quality, it never lit a spark in the world, and was sufficient unto itself.

— Karl Ove Knausgaard, The School of Night: A Novel. Martin Aitken, Translator. (Penguin Press, January 13, 2026)

[allboutculture]

[dk-thrive]

I was an analyst, not a performer, and my mind lacked nimbleness; I would never perform effectively in the theatre of the law. On the horizon shone the prospect of making a good living – this had always been impressed upon me, by my mother, especially. She cannot be blamed. A life of comfort was attractive to me. It was another trait: no tolerance for discomfort.

— Jonathan Buckley, One Boat: A Novel (W.W. Norton & Company, November 4, 2025)

[shortbread-crew]

Risk averse from HAL

Sibling: Treachery