It was a risk versus reward (scenario), and there was a lot of perceived risk.
Punitive taxes can drop the potential reward below the point where it balances the perceived risk.
The spread, which reflects the perceived risk of lending to banks, is usually around half a percentage point.
Those abysmal yields reflect an intense repudiation of all investments with perceived risk.
The greater the perceived risk, notes a joyful ratings executive in New York, the greater the demand for ratings.
Sutton-Gee is particularly conscious of how perceived risk varies depending on the culture.
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So is there a risk of returning to the situation of May, when there was a widely perceived risk of war?
One very important little detail: we must evaluate investments according to their perceived risk, not just one their straight market prices.
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When the perceived risk of an asset class is low, the expected return is also low relative to more risky asset classes.
The reason, it seems, is partly the perceived risk of school children bumping into inebriated festival goers or, perhaps worse, Amy Winehouse.
Rowe Price got to their perches by exploiting lack of information or by investing in assets others shunned due to perceived risk.
Consequently, all financial assets are priced based on their perceived risk.
Studies also show that perceived risk can drive behavior change.
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The greater the perceived risk, the greater the expected return.
Furthermore, just looking at the Dow components, the vast majority of these stocks not only have yields higher than the perceived risk-free 10-year Treasury, but also have tighter CDS spreads.
The degree of regulation should be proportionate to the perceived risk of the new organism, which is a function of certain characteristics of the host plant, such as weediness, toxicity, ability to outcross, etc.
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In 2005, he was part of a team that published a paper in the Lancet that concluded the perceived risk for travelers was higher than the actual risk, and that's still the case today, he said.
The degree of oversight should be proportionate to the perceived risk of the genetically engineered plant, which is a function of certain characteristics of the host plant (weediness, toxicity, ability to outcross, etc.) and the introduced gene.
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Far more worryingly, this sorting of the wheat from the chaff occurred in the credit defaults swap market, which showed the perceived risk of bankruptcy ballooning for Citi and rising sharply for BoA, while JPMorgan remained more secure.
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There is always the temptation to leave interest rates low just a bit longer to avoid choking off growth, and after previous downturns the European Central Bank was duly berated on all sides when it moved against a perceived risk of inflation.
Intel ( INTC, 25 ) is a low-risk growth giant perceived as high risk.
In this instance, the market corrected itself to represent a perceived systemic risk.
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The government tries to adjust its payments based on the perceived patient risk, but the insurance industry has figured out a way to game that system and extract even more profit by focusing on the least costly patients for a given medical condition, one recent academic study found.
And it that perceived element of risk, I think, that explains the lack of women entrepreneurs.
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However, following the announcement Thursday of a multi-billion dollar settlement over mortgage servicing, CDS widened (showing perceived greater default risk) by 0.14-0.34%, according to CreditSights.
Indian officials recently sounded the alarm that international credit-rating agencies could downgrade the country's debt, resulting in a liquidity crunch, if it is perceived a Y2K risk.
Corporate governance and IT security leaders will need to consider the commercial benefits of a hybrid IT stack that is comprised of both internal and external services, versus any perceived or real risk.
If interest rates were to rise in the U.S. during an economic slowdown as a result of the perceived higher debt risk, it would hurt the economy even more and possibly lead to another recession.
The financial infrastructure also has important effects on how market participants respond to perceived changes in counterparty risk.
And, Social Security is perceived to have no risk of default.
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