risk-on

alternative risk on

1. uncountablebusinessA mode of investment behavior in which investors shift low-risk investments to more profitable high-risk investments.

   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, Eric Barthalon, Uncertainty, Expectations, and Financial Instability, →ISBN, page 195

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   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.

   2011, Brian Dolan, Currency Trading For Dummies, →ISBN, page 98

   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.

   2014, Rakesh Mohan, Muneesh Kapur, Monetary Policy Coordination and the Role of Central Banks, →ISBN