riskily

risky | Business English

risky
adjective
uk /ˈrɪski/us
involving the possibility that something bad might happen or that something will fail or lose money:
Even over the long run, stocks are risky.
a risky asset/investment
The travel sector is risky for investors.
BANKING, FINANCE
used to describe a person or business that may not be safe to lend money to:
Economists have been arguing about the crisis in mortgage lending to risky borrowers.
This credit card has a standard APR of 14.9 but a far higher rate of 24.9 for riskier customers.
 a risky business
something that involves risk or the chance of failure:
Trading in penny shares is a risky business as any kind of bad news can have a drastic effect on the share price.

Examples of risky

risky
They tended to belong to peer groups where risky behaviors were condoned and were likely to be central members of these deviant cliques.
To them, trying something unproven, potentially risky, but also potentially beneficial seemed reasonable.
These series are then used to construct the risky return.
The risk-taking scale reflects the extent to which the respondent's reported behaviour reflects a willingness to engage in risky activities.
This assurance would diminish the risk premium applied to the coupon period, enabling the individual to undertake riskier investments at the outset.
Despite these enabling factors, women's choice of opera as a professional path was still risky.
Further, these funds may distort compensation profiles and create incentives for the inclusion of overly risky assets in a pension portfolio.
To the question of how risky is to evade taxes in this country, 67% said it is too risky, and for 32% is somewhat risky.
Combined with the assumed absence of risky assets in the life annuity, a consequence is that consumption after annuitization is level.
Training was costly, time-consuming and inherently risky, since a new skill could quickly become obsolete or fail to attract sufficient work to merit the investment.
It is fair to require individuals who engage in certain risky actions that result in costly medical needs to pay higher premiums or taxes.
One source of difficulty is inherent in any single case study : conclusions on such a basis, whether positive or negative, are always risky.
However, under the assumption of homogeneous beliefs about the covariance matrix of future payoffs, short-sale constraints will only increase risky asset prices.
Normally, for example, it would be risky for a songbird to shut its eyes or block off its ears.
These variations greatly help in explaining the volatility of the risky return.
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