{"id":2968,"date":"2010-12-27T15:06:28","date_gmt":"2010-12-27T23:06:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maysfinancial.local\/?p=2968"},"modified":"2017-02-26T02:01:58","modified_gmt":"2017-02-26T02:01:58","slug":"investment-risk-web","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maysfinancial.local\/investing\/investment-risk-web\/","title":{"rendered":"Understanding Investment Risk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/openlearn.open.ac.uk\/mod\/oucontent\/view.php?id=397357&amp;direct=1\">Investment Risk<\/a><\/strong> is a course from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/\">The Open University<\/a> that gives us a better <a title=\"Understanding Risk\" href=\"https:\/\/maysfinancial.local\/insurance\/understanding-risk\/\">understanding of risk<\/a> from an investing perspective. In this course you will:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Define more precisely what we mean by \u2018risk\u2019 in a financial context<\/li>\n<li>Consider how investors react to the presence or threat of risk<\/li>\n<li>Develop a method of quantifying risk mathematically<\/li>\n<li>Look at the main factors contributing to investment risk in the real world<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Access the course <a href=\"http:\/\/openlearn.open.ac.uk\/mod\/oucontent\/view.php?id=397357&amp;direct=1\">here<\/a> or use the links below.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/openlearn.open.ac.uk\/mod\/oucontent\/view.php?id=397357&amp;section=__learningoutcomes\">Learning outcomes<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>1 <\/strong><strong>&#8211; <\/strong><strong>Risk aversion<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/openlearn.open.ac.uk\/mod\/oucontent\/view.php?id=397357&amp;section=1.1\">1.1 A note about terminology<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/openlearn.open.ac.uk\/mod\/oucontent\/view.php?id=397357&amp;section=1.2\">1.2 Are investors risk-averse?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>2 <\/strong><strong>&#8211; <\/strong><strong>Quantifying risk<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/openlearn.open.ac.uk\/mod\/oucontent\/view.php?id=397357&amp;section=2.1\">2.1 Looking at each of the possible alternative outcomes<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/openlearn.open.ac.uk\/mod\/oucontent\/view.php?id=397357&amp;section=2.2\">2.2 Calculating returns<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>3 <\/strong><strong>&#8211; <\/strong><strong>Risk factors<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/openlearn.open.ac.uk\/mod\/oucontent\/view.php?id=397357&amp;section=3.1\">3.1 Background<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/openlearn.open.ac.uk\/mod\/oucontent\/view.php?id=397357&amp;section=3.2\">3.2 Maturity<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/openlearn.open.ac.uk\/mod\/oucontent\/view.php?id=397357&amp;section=3.3\">3.3 Liquidity<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/openlearn.open.ac.uk\/mod\/oucontent\/view.php?id=397357&amp;section=3.4\">3.4 Variability of income<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/openlearn.open.ac.uk\/mod\/oucontent\/view.php?id=397357&amp;section=3.5\">3.5 Default or credit risk<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/openlearn.open.ac.uk\/mod\/oucontent\/view.php?id=397357&amp;section=3.6\">3.6 Event risk<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/openlearn.open.ac.uk\/mod\/oucontent\/view.php?id=397357&amp;section=3.7\">3.7 Interest rate risk<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>4 &#8211; Discounted cash flow and the net present value rule<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/openlearn.open.ac.uk\/mod\/oucontent\/view.php?id=397357&amp;section=4.1\">4.1 Introduction<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/openlearn.open.ac.uk\/mod\/oucontent\/view.php?id=397357&amp;section=4.2\">4.2 Discounted cash flow<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/openlearn.open.ac.uk\/mod\/oucontent\/view.php?id=397357&amp;section=4.3\">4.3 Net present value<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/openlearn.open.ac.uk\/mod\/oucontent\/view.php?id=397357&amp;section=5\">5 &#8211; Conclusion<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/openlearn.open.ac.uk\/mod\/oucontent\/view.php?id=397357&amp;section=6\">Next steps<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/openlearn.open.ac.uk\/mod\/oucontent\/view.php?id=397357&amp;section=__acknowledgements\">Acknowledgements<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Course available under <a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-sa\/2.0\/uk\/\">this Creative Commons License<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Investment Risk is a course from The Open University that gives us a better understanding of risk from an investing perspective. 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