Given the small though not negligible risk of systemic failure and the opportunity to spare Asian economies much pain, it was right to intervene.
There is, however, a non-negligible risk in 2013 that one or more or the larger central banks outside of the core will turn to active selling.
Treasurys remain a top choice for investors who value short-term safety over long-term growth because they carry negligible risk of default, says Erik Weisman, a portfolio manager at fund company MFS Investment Management.
At the time scientists inside and outside the EPA unanimously agreed that the test posed negligible risk. (I wrote the analysis submitted by the Food and Drug Administration.) No new genetic material had been added--only a single gene whose function was well known had been removed--and the organism was obviously harmless.
But these risks are negligible besides the risk of no deal being reached at all.
There are risks in doing things, and it may be negligible, but it is still a risk.
Not only does America earn interest on its contribution, but the risk of default is almost negligible.
The risk of a dollar crash and a subsequent financial meltdown are not negligible.
But Lloyds believes that the probability of these loans going bad is negligible, as I have already mentioned, so its own regulator-approved risk model attaches a risk weight to the loans of 2.2%.
Why do investors think there is a negligible chance of the UK reneging on its debts, while there is a meaningful risk that they won't get all their money back from Spain and Italy?
America's Securities and Exchange Commission, whose failures included negligible supervision of investment banks and the Madoff scandal, has set up a new risk division packed with heavyweight thinkers such as Henry Hu, Gregg Berman and Richard Bookstaber.
The risk of the United States defaulting on its sovereign loans is minimal, practically negligible, according to pretty much every analyst on Wall Street.
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You may think of Singapore as a relatively safe haven, but KMV says the default risk on the debt of publicly traded companies there has shot up -- from a negligible 0.1% almost two years ago to 4.2% now.
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