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Risk The chance that an investment's actual return will be different than expected. This includes the possibility of losing some or all of the original investment. It is usually measured using the historical returns or average returns for a specific investment. Notes: Higher risk means a greater opportunity for high returns... and a higher potential for loss.Risk Often defined as the standard deviation of the return on total investment. Degree of uncertainty of return on an asset. In context of asset pricing theory. See: Systematic risk.
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convinced the evaluation team that we must select the small business, as
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