In that environment, investors "have to take more risk to achieve returns that are better than inflation and equities wind up being the most natural choice, " says Mr. Trennert.
Global central banks have forced investors to take risk in order to try and achieve higher returns, which has only brought us closer to the point where the risk is not going to be worth taking, given the paltry potential rewards.
Regular annual surveys of people age 35 and younger found that they were less willing to take investment risk after the financial crisis, while people age 65 and older are more willing to take risk.
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First, the source of my profit was my willingness to take a risk and to help people by alleviating their potential rain-related misery.
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Fewer people would take a risk to look at company plans or financial information.
It will be fascinating to see if the regulator agrees that it is in the best interests of Trinity Mirror's current and future pensioners for them to take on more risk to help its sponsoring company through these challenging times.
These two examples from my work as an expert witness in securities litigation illustrate an important point about risk: We must learn to distinguish between our own willingness to take financial risk and our ability to do so.
The fund is going to have to take on more risk or take a different approach to investing that money.
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Investment firms will have to persuade retirees to take more risk but also to become more aware of how their overly rosy outlook can make them susceptible to scams.
What does appear to be clear is that investors are happy to take on risk and eager to buy any asset that offers a higher yield than government bonds.
Even while many around me told me not to take the risk of going to a small outfit in Malaysia, I knew at once that it was the exact opportunity I was waiting for.
The challenge now is for the banks to take more risk in their lending to medium-size companies.
The common response of investors who are falling short of their funding needs is to take more risk in an attempt to fill the gap, says Mr. Horan.
This will drop the cost of employer plans as those who do not purchase employer coverage while working are young and healthy and willing to take a risk with no coverage to save a buck.
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Then, we are implementing shared decision-making, using point-of-care tools that help with issues such as which medicine to take for diabetes or whether to take statins or aspirin to reduce the risk of heart attack.
We have to take some risk but not open ourselves to dead-ball situations.
Big firms, however, have to take on more risk in order to generate the sorts of profits that their stockholders have come to expect.
Authorities may want to force companies to take on risk, and Wall Street to avoid some by providing their clients with a modicum of protection.
As Alex says, they had a regularly scheduled meeting set for tomorrow, but they didn't want to take the risk of waiting that long to act.
Presbyterian Church is urges parishioners to be responsible and take care not to risk spreading the virus.
Eventually we will reach a point where policy makers have driven out so much systemic background risk that any marginal decrease systemic background risk will simply induce individuals to take on more personal risk until they raise the total risk level back up to where it was before.
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Carbon doesn't expect to take over the market quickly, instead counting on a few "early adopters" willing to take a risk on a few vehicles and work out the kinks to everyone else's satisfaction, Stephens said.
The Investment Company Institute found that a smaller percentage of investors under 35 were willing to take above-average risk compared to those age 35-49.
Earlier today the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network issued an advisory to U.S. financial institutions to take reasonable risk-based steps with respect to the potential increased movement of assets that may be related to the situation in Libya.
It does take risk and dedication to be involved with scenarios longer term.
In most circumstances, law does not require that a bystander take any personal risk to thwart a crime in progress.
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Haugen laments that for decades, the financial world has maintained that investors must take on greater risk to achieve greater returns.
Next, the high cost of these strategies and management will undoubtedly make managers take on more risk to achieve the returns they need.
Given the chance to look at colleagues' salaries on the boss's computer only 27% of men would take the risk compared to 13% of women.
The best way to minimise risk is to take regular exercise and to lose excess weight.
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