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high-risk | Business English

high-risk
adjective
 FINANCE/ˌhaɪˈrɪsk/ukus
involving greater than usual financial risk:
a high-risk loan/mortgageThe bank is now very reluctant to make high-risk loans to individuals with spotty credit records.
a high-risk investment/fund/stockThis is a medium to high-risk fund which has a very good track record.
I wanted to take advantage of the tax breaks and decided on a high-risk strategy in stocks and shares.

Examples of high-risk

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Of these 22 children, 11 were aggressive, high-risk children and 11 were low-risk, coparticipants in the problem solving skills training groups.
Thus, they are better prepared for the high-risk environment that they are likely to face as they continue to develop.
Studies that identify putative risk factors for the development of bipolar disorder in high-risk children with first-degree relatives with bipolar disorder are also clearly needed.
The high-risk products not only have to be evaluated for quality and safety but also for efficacy.
Although the levels of influenza vaccine coverage have increased in the elderly, coverage of the vaccine remains suboptimal for other high-risk conditions.
We found several associations of interest in this study of high-risk children and adolescents.
It took the high-risk movement to put the first cracks in the clay feet of traditional psychopathology.
In such cases, the customers could be financial investors, typically private equity funds, specialized in high-risk investments.
Equity considerations seem to call for redistribution from everyone else to the doubly disadvantaged, viz. the high-risk, low-income individuals.
There are several articles of the law focusing on prenatal diagnosis, including provisions for identifying high-risk people and administrative principles for health personnel and institutions.
It assumes all dialysis machines are available for use and none are under repair, kept as spare, or dedicated for high-risk patients.
Four cluster groups were identified and labeled multiproblem high-risk, smoking high-risk, normative, and low-risk groups.
Home visiting allows for a programme delivery strategy for high-risk clients who may not access other means of care delivery.
No studies have compared their distribution patterns, use and coverage among high-risk individuals in the primary care and hospital settings.
However, this implies that a rich person may be cross-subsidized simply because he or she is a high-risk type.
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