But gold is also a high risk and highly volatile investment.

An investment grade rating reflects the credit rating agencies' belief that the probability of payment of the bond is high and the financial risk associated with the investment is low.

Ratings agencies had incentives to give good ratings to the high risk securities produced by the investment banks that were paying them.

The introduction of high end investment tools, such as those for risk management, may require upgrading the workstations that support this software.

Europe s High Risk Gamble

Identifying high risk munitions

This volume of assets allows the Fund to expand its investment frontier and requires it to build up a risk control mechanism, to control comprehensively not only investment risk but also operational risk and technology risk.

Nevertheless, we would like to stress four areas school enrolment, young people in high risk situations, retention of skilled personnel and investment in science and technology.

Nobody wants to demonize or unnecessarily restrict private equity and hedge funds, and venture capital s investment in innovative and high risk new companies highlights their potentially useful role.

Also driving China s high investment rate is the declining efficiency of investment capital, reflected in China s high incremental capital output ratio (annual investment divided by annual output growth).

The risk premia that financially distressed countries must pay remain high and signal continuing risk.

Meanwhile, high domestic borrowing costs are undermining private investment.

That means that investment is extremely high and that, despite the high share of infrastructure investment, there is an urgent need to manage the potential risks.

Nevertheless, although gold is not an appropriate hedge against inflation risk or exchange rate risk, it may be a very good investment.

Then, in early 1980s, when Dr. Frank Sortino developed formal definition of downside risk as a better measure of investment risk than standard deviation, downside risk has become the industry standard for risk management.

This was a high risk strategy without a safety net.

The programme serves 90,000 persons annually from high risk groups.

High risk behaviour among young people is on the increase.

The project will assist the Investment Management Service in mitigating exposure to various risk factors.

The first is the high return on foreign investment in China.

Due to their extremely high importance, foods are considered to be high risk factors of the environment.

The chief will be responsible for risk control of the Fund's investments as a whole in terms of portfolio risk, operational risk and compliance risk, and will plan and perform the oversight of performance measurement, investment risk analysis and operational risk analysis, including risk arising from sub adviser and service provider relationships.

In 2004, China's direct investment in Africa reached 135 million, a record high for China's annual direct investment in Africa.

Its analytical talents remained high but downsizing placed them at risk.

Registered investment companies and investment advisers are required to adopt strong compliance controls, managed by a chief risk officer and administered by a chief compliance officer.

Without high speed Internet, foreign investment and indigenous entrepreneurship are almost impossible.

Countries that have signed such investment agreements have paid a high price.

Investment is high, but further investment growth risks misallocating money, so reductions in China s trade imbalance may be hard to achieve.

Has the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya's Customs Service implemented intelligence based risk management on its borders to identify high risk goods? Please outline the kind of information and data required by Customs Administrations to identify high risk consignment prior to shipment.

(d) Alternative investments offer the opportunity for an enhanced risk return profile for a pension investment portfolio.

And the meta risk of policy mistakes and accidents remains very high.

Endangered Faces a very high risk of extinction in the near future.

In the meantime, manual control will be exercised for high risk cases.

It is more effective for patients with high motivation and some addicts use it only for high risk situations.

A state of the art system will allow the Investment Management Service to rapidly and accurately handle complex investment data and analyse the portfolio risk and its performance.

Certainly, the vast majority of economists, investment analysts, financial firms, and regulators failed to see the growing risk.

The New Yorkers still live in their own homes, but now they have spread their investment risk worldwide.

Growth has resumed, financial risk premia have fallen sharply, foreign investment is picking up, and exports are booming.

Failure will be a constant danger and the military risk will be high.

Lenders (the bankers) are suspicious, worried about creditworthiness, and demand high risk premia.

By helping to spread risk, high tech finance could help economies grow faster.

These situations also imply a high risk of sexually transmitted diseases or HIV.

But this does not mean that all investment should come to an end. If the risk can be eliminated, the investment engine can be kept going, at least temporarily.

The review also questioned the possible harm of such supplements, given the increased risk of lung cancer in smokers with high intakes of beta carotene, and the increased risk of heart failure in at risk populations who consume high levels of vitamin E supplements.

(c) The requirement for international development partners able to manage risk, operate and produce results quickly and innovatively in high risk, insecure environments