averse

• It's too risk-averse, and it is really not suited for the future that we're moving into. —  Gregory Stock: To upgrade is human
• And new hires will by definition be people who are conservative and change-averse, as the people who want to swing for the fences and get rewarded for creating something new will go somewhere else, where they will receive stock options -- in typically greater volume than anyone will ever grant restricted stock -- and have greater upside.
• The fact is, sensibly risk-averse investors (as opposed to those who have become risk-averse* only in the aftermath of the last 18 months) can / should / must reduce expected short-term risk by adding high-quality fixed-income (i.e., treasuries notes and bonds) and cash-equivalents (i.e., treasury bills) to their portfolios. —  pfblogs.org: The Ad-Free Personal Finance Blogs Aggregator
• "People are very loss-averse, and the worst penny to pay is the first." —  news | GT | http://www.gadsdentimes.com
• Combined with the fact that military men are not exactly risk-averse, and there you have it. —  digg.com: Stories / Popular

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