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 Risk - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Risk is the potential impact (positive or negative) to an asset or some characteristic of value that may arise from some present process or from some future event.
This represents a risk in itself, which grows as the assessor is less like the client.
a doctor manages medical risk, a civil engineer manages risk of structural failure, etc. A professional code of ethics is usually focused on risk assessment and mitigation (by the professional on behalf of client, public, society or life in general).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Risk   (1973 words)

  
 BBC News Reith-99
External risk is risk experienced as coming from the outside, from the fixities of tradition or nature.
Moreover, a positive embrace of risk is the very source of that energy which creates wealth in a modern economy.
Manufactured risk doesn't only concern nature - or what used to be nature.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/events/reith_99/week2/week2.htm   (3813 words)

  
 Risk
Definition: A situation has risk if the future state or outcome of the situation is not known for certain.
Insurance, particularly life insurance and property/casualty insurance (for example, insurance against damage from a natural disaster), comes close to having known probabilities, based on past experience with people and nature.
For each possible outcome (or range of outcomes) one can assess the probability that the particular outcome will happen.
http://hadm.sph.sc.edu/COURSES/ECON/Risk/Risk.html   (3017 words)

  
 We've Got More Risk Than Our Brains Can Handle (washingtonpost.com)
Being human, public policymakers are as susceptible as laypersons to minimizing the perception of risks that we all wish did not exist.
That is why each of us, in responding to risk, makes personal decisions based not simply on quantitative measures but on qualitative interpretations as well.
The trick, of course, is to see all risks for what they are before the fact.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A64827-2002Jun29   (1526 words)

  
 Risk
Good managers realize that there is not much they can do about luck and payoff and that the essential problem is to determine how much to wager on the stock.
In actual practice, the most important psychological consideration is ability to stick to the system.
The fund performance, then becomes subject to the same kinds of feelings, attitudes and management approaches that investors apply to individual stocks.
http://www.seykota.com/tribe/risk   (4007 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Risk: A Practical Guide for Deciding What's Really Safe and What's Really Dangerous in the World Around ...
Risk: A Practical Guide for Deciding What's Really Safe and What's Really Dangerous in the World Around You is a fascinating assessment of the level of threat posed by various illnesses, accidents, environmental pollutants and other factors.
This is an excellent book on the subject of risk analysis focused on 48 specific risks we encounter in everyday life.
After reading this excellent book, it is interesting to notice that by far the biggest risks to our health and survival are the behavioral risks or the risks we choose to undertake.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0618143726?v=glance   (1657 words)

  
 Risk! - Museum Exhibit - FWMSH
Risk!, a new traveling exhibit gives you a playful and informative look at risk and risk assessment in a way that could change how you view risk in your own life.
When we're confronted with a self-assessment of our own tolerance for risk, we begin to realize that risk assessment is a highly subjective and personal process.
Slovic studies human judgment, decision making, and risk analysis, and is the author of a series of books on risk, including The Perception of Risk.
http://www.fwmuseum.org/risk.html   (1049 words)

  
 DefaultRisk.com The largest collections of credit risk modeling resource
Although I am the principal author of CreditMetrics® and LossCalc™ (and have a natural affinity for them), I am more of an advocate for the continued study of credit risk modeling.
Institutions hire research people to develop internally (and adapt from external sources) risk measurement and pricing systems to address tangible needs.
Academics have the more strategic, but no less difficult, need to efficiently access the many disparate sources of prior research and to gain insight into current practitioner practice and demand.
http://www.defaultrisk.com   (1200 words)

  
 Risk Factors for Heart Disease
Learn to manage stress by practicing relaxation techniques, learning how to manage your time, setting realistic goals, and trying some new techniques such as guided imagery, massage, Tai Chi or yoga.
Like cholesterol, blood pressure interpretation and treatment should be individualized, taking into account your entire risk profile.
Also, because some risk factors are related to others, making changes in one area can benefit other areas.
http://foxnews.webmd.com/content/pages/9/1675_57840?src=rss_foxnews   (909 words)

  
 RiskWorld: news and views on risk analysis, risk assessment, risk management
An intensive intellectual retreat, a week of Harvard experience, and a unique opportunity to interact with world-class faculty and scholars for professionals using sophisticated quantitative methods with financial data, for financial quantitative analysts wishing to jump start their careers, and for those seeking to enhance their quantitative skills and knowledge through intensive statistical training.
U.S. EPA Announces External Peer-review Workshop on Document "Considerations for Developing Alternative Health Risk Assessment
RiskWorld: news and views on risk analysis, risk assessment, risk management
http://www.riskworld.com   (1245 words)

  
 @RISK: The Consensus Security Alert
The Critical Vulnerability Analysis and the Security Alert Consensus have merged to become @RISK: The Consensus Security Alert.
To view archives of past @RISK stories see below.
Delivered every Monday morning, @RISK first summarizes the three to eight vulnerabilities that matter most, tells what damage they do and how to protect yourself from them, and then adds a unique feature: a summary of the actions 15 giant organizations have taken to protect their users.
http://www.sans.org/newsletters/risk   (222 words)

  
 RAIS: What is RA?
For the next few minutes, I'll be your tour guide into the world of Risk Assessment.
A list of questions concerning the risk assessment process appears below.
What risks are assessed by Environmental Restoration's Risk Assessment Program (RAP)?
http://risk.lsd.ornl.gov/minicourse/rap_whatisra.shtml   (155 words)

  
 RISK Magazine Online - Hello
The only way to change the future is to take a stand against common practice, to take a risk.
The name RISK was originally chosen as a statement of challenge, encouraging the reader to do something extraordinary with their lives.
Remember: As long as there is life, there will be risks taken.
http://www.angelfire.com/ca4/risk   (70 words)

  
 RISK - profRisk.htm
Publication may resume elsewhere at a later time.
Risk, the official journal of the Risk Assessment & Policy Association, is a refereed, interdisciplinary periodical exploring public and private efforts to manage science and technology for net reduction in the probability, severity and adverse quality of health, safety and environmental impacts of natural and artificial hazards.
Publication of RISK: Health, Safety & Environment, ceased with the Spring 2002 issue.
http://www.piercelaw.edu/risk/profRisk.htm   (223 words)

  
 Risk: The Evolution of a Game
The core system remained but everything else had changed.
The Hasborg had assimilated Risk and the Euro-style game resulting in a product, which in many ways is superior to both.
As with any art form there is a history and games are an art form.
http://www.thegamesjournal.com/articles/Risk.shtml   (3033 words)

  
 Diabetes Risk Test - All About Diabetes - American Diabetes Association
Link for Life - Reduce your risk for heart attack and stroke
It's a free, powerful health risk calculator that shows you your risk for diabetes and other serious health conditions.
If you'd like to learn more about your risk for diabetes or its complications, get your Diabetes PHD (Personal Health Decisions) today!
http://www.diabetes.org/risk-test.jsp   (252 words)

  
 RISK
This risk of failure may differ from alternative to alternative and should be estimated as part of the analysis.
In decision making under uncertainty, risk analysis aims at minimising the failure to achieve a desired result, particularly when that result is influenced by factors not entirely under the decision maker's control (see game theory).
(1) In decision theory and in statistics, risk means uncertainty for which the probability distribution is known.
http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/ASC/RISK.html   (71 words)

  
 Cumulative Index to Risk
Risk is the official journal of RAPA, the Risk Assessment & Policy Association.
http://www.fplc.edu/risk/RskINDX.HTM   (145 words)

  
 Risk Disclosure
In light of the risks, you should undertake such transactions only if you understand the nature of the contracts (and contractual relationships) into which you are entering and the extent of your exposure to risk.
If a client’s dealing center fails to do so, the client may be subject to a risk of loss of his funds on deposit with the dealing center in the event of its bankruptcy.
Strategies using combinations of positions, such as "spread" and "straddle" positions may be as risky as taking simple "long" or "short" positions.
http://www.catranis.com/risk.htm   (2279 words)

  
 Risk (game) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Once a player has become dominant in a particular session, the endgame becomes more or less inevitable.
Called "Risk Extreme", it can be played by many people and allows players to conquer every single one of the 193 countries (including Antarctica, which is not a country) in the world.
A sudden influx of armies at the beginning of a turn can change everything.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Risk_(game)   (2440 words)

  
 New Scientist Premium- Big ideas: Risk - Features
Contrary to the insistence, routinely found in discussions of the subject, on a distinction between "objective" risk and "perceived" risk, all risk is subjective.
To take a risk is to do something that has a possibility of an adverse outcome.
Because, as well as possible adverse effects, risks also bring rewards.
http://www.newscientist.com/channel/opinion/mg18725171.800   (278 words)

  
 Rules Of RISK The Board Game
This is the element that gives Risk its name.
Just before completing his turn, the player may want to fortify his defensive position to avoid imminent capture on the opponent's turn.
If he can make two or three sets, he may turn them in, receiving the regular increase in the number of armies for each set.
http://www.centralconnector.com/GAMES/RISK.htm   (3143 words)

  
 Risk for PlayStation Review - PlayStation Risk Review
For the uninitiated, the game of Risk may seem a little odd.
In Classic Risk, there are only three ways in to the Americas, making those three territories the linchpin of strategy in the Western Hemisphere.
Risk II not only stays faithful to the original gameplay, but it also presents some pleasant new spins on the classic Risk formula.
http://www.gamespot.com/ps/puzzle/risk/review.html   (857 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Risk: Toys & Games
The game, Risk, is a fun and educational experience.
Though there are many differnt types of Risk I must say the original is the best.
I first learned a lot of the names of places from the Risk!
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00000IWCX/shihwei   (1644 words)

  
 Risk
A fundamental idea in finance is the relationship between risk and return.
- Many investors do not understand how to determine the level of risk their individual portfolios should bear.
The reason for this is that investors need to be compensated for taking on additional risk.
http://www.investopedia.com/terms/r/risk.asp   (318 words)

  
 Risk...The World Conquest Game
This version lacks many of the basic game features like Risk cards for example.
There is no limit to the number of armies you may place onto a single territory.
You may end your attack (s) at any time.
http://home.earthlink.net/~selgart/smith/risk.html   (2852 words)

  
 Palisade Europe - Risk Analysis, Decision Analysis, Statistical Analysis, and Optimisation Software
Researchers at Cornell and Purdue used @RISK to study these questions.
@RISK Helps with Katrina Family AssistanceIn the wake of Katrina, the State of Louisiana set up a family assistance call center to take missing persons data and reconnect families.
Palisade Europe - Risk Analysis, Decision Analysis, Statistical Analysis, and Optimisation Software
http://www.palisade-europe.com   (259 words)

  
 Presidential/Congressional Commission on Risk Assessment and Risk Management
--An Assessment of the Risk Assessment Paradigm for Ecological Risk Assessment by Menzie-Cura and Associates Inc.
Mandate of the Commission on Risk Assessment and Risk Management.
The full text of Volume 1 of the final report of the Presidential/Congressional Commission on Risk Assessment and Risk Management, Framework for Environmental Health Risk Management, is available in RiskWorld in both HTML and PDF formats.
http://www.riskworld.com/riskcommission   (597 words)

  
 @risk
Research indicates that the human brain can interpret changes in colour far more quickly than changes to data, and that has prompted New York-based software provider Neovision to release upgrades of some of its applications on the Web.
Schachter, who is responsible for the firm’s internal risk-measuring models, says the site was originally conceived as a resource tool, but expanded quickly into a listing of the value-at-risk resources available on-line.
The system also has the ability to analyse traders’ individual portfolios and, while there are a preset number of currencies included in the on-line version, users can generate new securities.
http://www.financewise.com/public/edit/riskm/atrisk/atrisk0699.htm   (596 words)

  
 Risk magazine
Indeed, its approach to operational risk was created to manage that most testing of operational challenges: a merger.
Wachovia’s business lines have risk management at their core.
Risk magazine subscribers are entitled to access all RiskNews stories at www.RiskNews.net with the same username and password.
http://www.risk.net   (425 words)

  
 C-Risk > Consultants in Risk Management
C-Risk provides client-tailored risk financing and risk management strategies to project owners, developers, builders, contractors, design professionals, insurance & surety companies, and law firms that require the services of a consultancy with the construction knowledge, practical experience, and critical thinking skills to deliver holistic risk management solutions.
Why settle for less than a complete Risk Management solution?
C-Risk is a nationwide risk management consulting firm focused exclusively on the real estate and construction industry.
http://www.c-risk.com   (74 words)

  
 RiskGrades Measure - What is a RiskGrade Measure?
Everyone has a different level of risk tolerance.
Answer a few questions and get your personal RiskGrade measure.
A RiskGrade™ Measure is an open and transparent benchmark to measure the risk of the world's financial assets.
http://www.riskgrades.com   (346 words)

  
 Risk
This also means that a new version of Risk is out, with all that applet goodness.
27.09.2005 - Risk 1.0.8.1 is OUT WOW, with stats and many more cool things!!
22.05.2005 - New version of Risk is out!!!!
http://jrisk.sourceforge.net   (418 words)

  
 Palisade Corporation
Home > Palisade Products > Risk Analysis > @RISK 4.5
http://www.palisade.com/risk   (10 words)

  
 Play free Risk board games Online,Game Rule,Computer 3D Risk 2 demos
You will need the full versions of Risk 2 or Risk to play risk online.
Play free Risk board games Online,Game Rule,Computer 3D Risk 2 demos
Command five ancient cultures - Greek, Celtic, Babylonian, Norse, and Egyptian
http://www.searchamateur.com/corkboard/Risk.html   (561 words)

  
 Risk
House rules for Nuclear Risk, including allowing Defensive Airlifts and Amphibious Assaults.
A countrys that get nuked can be totally destroyed, turning them into impassable "nuclear wastelands".
Custom maps, leaders, fortresses based on LOTR and Castle Risk.
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/181   (350 words)

  
 Risk
Your opponents are fighting to capture your troops and claim your territories!
Includes gameboard, RISK cards, dice, and infantry tokens.
http://www.boardgames.com/risk.html   (121 words)

  
 SourceForge.net: Risk
This is java version of the classic RISK board game, with a simple map format, network play, 1 player, hotseat, 5 user interfaces and many more features, it works in all OSs that run java 1.4 or higher.
Donate to project Stats - Activity: 99.78% RSS
http://sourceforge.net/projects/jrisk   (206 words)

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