Often we confront risks: opportunities where we have some probability of gaining or losing something and have to decide whether or not to accept the opportunity. The simplest risks are financial. For ...

Risk aversion is a fundamental trait shaping how individuals, firms and policymakers respond to uncertain outcomes. It encapsulates the preference for certain outcomes over gambles with equivalent ...

Science is built on the boldly curious exploration of the natural world. Astounding leaps of imagination and insight — coupled with a laser like focus on empiricism and experimentation — have brought ...

Despite growing numbers of people that are forcibly displaced due to conflict, the reality is that many do not flee and continue to live under difficult circumstances. To understand how people make ...

Investors chase cheaper, smaller companies as risk aversion hits tech sector - Nation and World News | Hawaii Tribune-Herald ...

Why are the prices of stocks and other assets so volatile? Efficient capital markets theory implies that stock prices should be much less volatile than actually observed, reflecting an unrealistic ...

When it comes to investing money, some people are willing to take on more risk than others. For example, investors who are older and closer to retirement may want to safeguard their money by moving ...

Human beings differ in how much risk they will accept. Thus, as an analyst I quoted in a recent column concluded, Russian President Vladimir Putin “was too risk-acceptant” in invading Ukraine and ...