Your escape route is clearly defined: Sell those municipal bonds whose headline risk is untenable.
Near-term headline risk is acute, even if accusations prove erroneous after the elections are over.
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If you play with it, be wary of headline risk and seek ways to mitigate it.
When a company becomes a headline risk situation, journalists and their copy desk colleagues salivate.
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They are all subject to headline risk in a tough environment for trading, underwriting and investment banking.
Headline risk around new competition is more fully reflected in the stock price.
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The fiscal cliff in the US remains a top priority as political verbal jousting continues to create headline risk.
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Rather, we are seeing volatile conditions caused by a combination of headline risk, investor emotion and rapid-fire electronic trading systems.
In the meantime, investors may have to contend with substantial headline risk.
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There was a large amount of headline risk throughout the survey period.
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There is too much headline risk in the market right now, and experience tells us to wait for more calculated spots to get involved heavily.
"Everybody has to remember that this market is still subject to headline risk, " said Ryan Larson, head of U.S. equity trading at RBC Global Asset Management.
From a simplistic point of view, the fast-money types had taken risk out of their portfolios on Friday for fear of potential headline risk over the weekend.
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Much of the reason trading has been so tricky in recent weeks is that there are many cross currents and great deal of headline risk out there.
This is in addition to the problematic headline risk caused by the slow pace of economic growth and sovereign debt issues (both in the U.S. and in Europe).
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Credit Suisse is neutral on Netflix shares (due to valuation concerns and headline risk) despite what it sees as a healthy growth outlook in the Canadian market and beyond.
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Headline risk remains problematic, especially with many individual investors previously concerned about the pace of economic growth and the federal deficit, prior to the start of the current market correction.
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As it becomes clearer that no agreement is likely until the very last minute, or if even then, Capital Markets should expect a fraction of this headline risk to somewhat diminish.
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The bottom line is there is a great deal of headline risk and economic uncertainty still out there, and while we will look for a small bounce the market still feels heavy.
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So, despite the improvement in the Japan situation on Friday and the declaration of a no-fly zone over Libya, traders decided to avoid the potential headline risk and went back to risk-off mode into the close.
Headline risk aside, gold-market watchers said the underlying fundamentals for the metal remain supportive given the ultra-loose monetary policy by the Federal Reserve and other Western central banks and continued strong demand for physical gold from Asian nations.
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To the extent that higher oil prices push up headline inflation and so risk pushing wages higher, the Fed is likely to have to raise interest rates by more than many people now expect.
If this characterizes your own behavior, consider building a diversified portfolio for the core 80-90% of your assets, while limiting headline-grabbing and higher risk themes to 10% at a time in order to avoid too much damage should your positions turn against you.
In addition to these headline events, however, the nature of supply chain risk is constantly changing.
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Bernanke also said there is "significant" risk that inflation could become a self-fulfilling prophecy if high headline inflation--which includes volatile energy and food prices--remains high, as people will simply come to expect higher prices.
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