risk-taking
Americannoun
adjective
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The problem was that the idea that the Fed would act in a market crisis encouraged ever more flagrant risk-taking on Wall Street.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2026
Critics said this asymmetry—taking small steps to limit the growth of bubbles but large ones to clean it up afterward—only fueled more risk-taking.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
Summan says one reason for slow progress on representation is down to risk-taking.
From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2026
His all-Oxford intellectual formation comes out of the post-“Great Financial Crisis” macro-finance school that views financial crises as driven by leverage cycles, liquidity spirals and risk-taking channels as much as by the traditional business cycle.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 4, 2026
“So besides tempting fate with melted cheese and literary airs of pretension, what else is in your risk-taking repertoire?”
From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed
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