Often we confront risks: opportunities where we have some probability of gaining or losing something and have to decide whether or not to accept the opportunity. The simplest risks are financial. For ...

Amidst escalating global risk aversion, gold prices surged past $5,000 per ounce this weekend, setting a new record.

Risk-averse investors prioritize investments with lower potential returns and lower potential for losses. They are typically more comfortable with slow and steady growth, seeking to minimize the ...

A risk-averse investor is someone who prefers to emphasize security over potential gains. Their portfolio is built to preserve capital and prevent losses first and pursue growth second. This isn't to ...

Allison Schrager is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering economics. A senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, she is author of “An Economist Walks Into a Brothel: And Other Unexpected Places to ...

Risk aversion persists in October, but sentiment improves from September due to hopes for interest rate cuts and a better macro outlook. Central bank policy boosts confidence, with the highest ...

Human beings differ in how much risk they will accept. Thus, as an analyst I quoted in a recent column concluded, Russian President Vladimir Putin “was too risk-acceptant” in invading Ukraine and ...

Bitcoin retail activity is mimicking the BTC price run to all-time highs after months of stalemate, new data suggests. In one of its latest Quicktake blog posts on Oct. 21, onchain analytics platform ...