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Reverse Repo Rate
See AlsoRisk: What It Means in Investing, How to Measure and Manage ItInterest Rate Risk Definition and Impact on Bond PricesSchedule C - Investment at RiskInvestment: How and Where to InvestReverse repo rate is the rate at which the central bank of a country (RBI in case of India) borrows money from commercial banks within the country.
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Risk Averse
A risk averse investor is an investor who prefers lower returns with known risks rather than higher returns with unknown risks.
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Definition: Risk implies future uncertainty about deviation from expected earnings or expected outcome. Risk measures the uncertainty that an investor is willing to take to realize a gain from an investment.
Description: Risks are of different types and originate from different situations. We have liquidity risk, sovereign risk, insurance risk, business risk, default risk, etc. Various risks originate due to the uncertainty arising out of various factors that influence an investment or a situation.
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Reverse Repo Rate
Reverse repo rate is the rate at which the central bank of a country (RBI in case of India) borrows money from commercial banks within the country.
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