downside risk

"I asked Leslie how could this happen, and he said he omitted to assess the downside risk. "

"The possibility that the recent weakness in business spending will persist is an additional downside risk, " he said.

"Our read at the time was that there was more downside risk to equity and credit markets than upside, " he says.

The Bank of England's report identifies "persistent weakness in bank lending" as a downside risk to spending over the next three years.

Repairing the global system in a way that engages China as an equal is likely to be more productive, and the downside risk is smaller.

S: Let me help you. Most companies seek forward cover to kill off the downside risk in foreign exchange dealing.

It said the main downside risk to its estimates is the Chinese economy.

Expect the next leg down will be a real debacle so we feel compelled to reiterate the downside risk.

"We're reaching the point where we really question whether there's much more downside risk, " he says.

Such a drop in bank shares in the universal, suggests that investors downside risk to economic worries.

The potential upside is great if the company comes through, and downside risk--or the price risk--is comparatively limited.

"The risk from the housing sector is the number one downside risk, " he said.

Indeed, a double-dip recession in advanced countries cannot be ruled out as a downside risk.

The conclusion reached by the papers I've read is that the risk-adjusted outperformance more than makes up for the additional downside risk.

In stock-picking or other strategies, some fund managers try to limit the downside risk.

Downside Risk An estimation of a security's potential to suffer a decline in price if the market conditions turn bad.

But considering how actual demand in the U. S is still quite weak, I think there is a downside risk for oil prices.

It is a standard part of life in the modern commercial corporation, and your staff should recognise the downside risk.

"The main objective is to beat the benchmark, whilst carefully managing downside risk. " she says.

Nonetheless, Mr. Pica warns that significant downside risk could still be lurking as developers announce interim earnings.

This leaves energy equities, particularly high oil-weighted companies (like oil sands) exposed to greater downside risk.

Absent a mechanism to credibly mitigate their downside risk, lenders would either refuse to lend or require a high rate of return.

Accounting conservatism is one such mechanism that allows borrowers to mitigate the downside risk of lenders (Watts and Zimmerman. 1986).

Should speculative enthusiasm ease, prices could encounter growing downside risk.

With its bonds yielding between 1-2%, the downside risk of a bearish bet has been limited while the upside potential has looked huge.

However, not only that Money Flow measure remains positive, momentum indicator still points upward, downside risk should be limited.

In the debt contracting process, lenders have an informational disadvantage, bearing downside risk with no upside potential.

It covers the downside risk but, unlike a forward contract, it doesn't simultaneously kill off the upside.

His strategy this year has involved shorting financial shares, an approach with greater downside risk.

Note: Random events present downside risk to the non-OPEC production forecast contained in this Report.

The official statement said that the world economy faces "heightened tension and significant downside risk. "

The greatest downside risk to China's short-term outlook is growth in the Eurozone and US.

But such opportunity costs can be considered small compared to the downside risk of maintaining operations in China.

Be hyperconservative when it comes to downside risk, hyper aggressive when it comes to opportunities that cost you very little.

our near-term work on price structure and momentum is currently suggesting that downside risk could be limited to S&P 1080.

Soaring oil prices is one downside risk factors facing the global economy.

Financial conditions "continue to pose a downside risk to the outlook for growth. "

Their clients are far more interested in promises of returns than downside risk.

Downside risk measures have an intuitive superiority, since it focuses on the downside movement of asset returns.

Fine wine is best in class when returns are measured against downside risk (Sortino ratio).

An option can also do that. With the option, the customer has an insurance-like product to cover itself against downside risk.

Now he has a hedge against risk, and can take more risks in operating the corporation because his personal downside risk has been truncated.

The upside risk to prices is shrinking fast. The downside risk is returning.

That is after all why most companies seek forward cover anyway ? to kill off the downside risk.

The firm is also hoping to limit its downside risk by investing in put options.

The overall downside risk to global financial stability has indeed increased, but we should face it calmly and rationally.

On the asset side, there is further downside risk to both home and equity prices, and even when they trough, a rapid rebound is unlikely.

Clients say Mr. Combs has done a better job watching out for downside risk than he has finding huge gainers.

Looking ahead, there are two sources of downside risk to the outlook.

A principal advantage is that with an option you have an insurance-like product ? you cover yourself against downside risk .

There is little downside risk.

What is the downside risk of owning it?

"There's a lot of downside risk. "

Dynamic Asset Allocation Model with Mean Variance Preferences and Downside Risk Control