Glossary of Stock Market Terms
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Risk-return trade-off
The tendency for potential risk to vary directly with potential return, so that the more risk involved, the greater the potential return, and vice versa.
Risk-return tradeoff
The basic concept that higher expected returns accompany greater risk, and vice versa.
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