English

Alternative forms

• risk on

Noun

risk-on ‎(uncountable)

1. (finance) A mode of investment behavior in which investors shift low-risk investments to more profitable high-risk investments.
   • 2011, Brian Dolan, Currency Trading For Dummies, ISBN 1118110889, page 98:

     In a risk-on environment, they then sell those currencies and use the proceeds to buy risk assets with greater price appreciation potential. In a risk-off environment, they're compelled to sell their risk assets and buy back those funding currencies that they previously sold.

   • 2014, Eric Barthalon, Uncertainty, Expectations, and Financial Instability, ISBN 0231538308, page 195:

     The higher the value of c1 (i.e., the higher the value of α), the faster the transition from a risk-off to a risk-on mode.

   • 2014, Rakesh Mohan & ‎Muneesh Kapur, Monetary Policy Coordination and the Role of Central Banks, ISBN 1484362896:

     Capital flows have, however, continued to exhibit their well-known volatility, given the risk-on and risk-off scenario driven by investors' perception of the macroeconomic and financial developments in the source countries rather than the recipient countries.

Antonyms

• risk-off