Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• RISK AVERSION
  
  The dislike of risk. For risk averse investors, the pain from losing $1 is greater than the pleasure of winning $1. Thus, such investors have to be compensated with additional return to induce them to hold risky assets.
  
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