downside risk
noun[CorU]
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thepossibilitythatmoneyor thevalueof something might belost:
Analysts say thestockhas littledownsideriskatitscurrentprice.
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An intuitive way to viewdownsideriskis the annualized standard deviation of returns below the target.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Risk measures typically quantify thedownsiderisk, whereas the standard deviation (an example of a deviation risk measure) measures both the upside anddownsiderisk.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Specifically,downsideriskcan be measured either with downside beta or by measuring lower semi-deviation.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.An extremedownsideriskis a highly improbable event that would have catastrophic consequences if it occurred.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Risk is a term often used to implydownsiderisk, meaning the uncertainty of a return and the potential for financial loss.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.However, a common misperception is to consider beta, itself, as a measure of risk which measures both upside anddownsiderisk.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The married put has limiteddownsideriskprovided by the purchased put option and a potential return which is infinite.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In particular, control self-assessment may understate risk by not identifying extremedownsiderisk.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.His own investment portfolio management philosophy is to focus on thedownsideriskrather than the upside.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Dollar cost averaging is not always the most profitable way to invest a large sum, but it minimizesdownsiderisk.
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