risk-taking
Americannoun
adjective
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The tired brain is prone to risk-taking, being impulsive, mood swings, anxiety and lacks empathy.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
Deep, fair markets made investment and risk-taking attractive.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 4, 2026
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
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
After all, he was himself a former bond trader, and had been brought in to embolden Morgan Stanley’s risk-taking culture.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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