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Though its interest has been reduced to 20.25% after selling larger stakes to Noble and BP, Red Willow expects the well, on which work began last week, to produce a "flash of cash" that it can reinvest in longer-lasting, less-risky onshore ventures, said Rob Voorhees , Red Willow's president and chief operating officer.

Despite Uncertainty, Small Oil Companies Stay In Gulf's Deep Waters Ryan Dezember 2011

Since then, Treasury yields, which move opposite to the bonds' price, have risen, but risk premiums on highly rated corporate debt—the extra income investors demand to own corporate debt rather than less-risky Treasurys—keep improving, falling to 1.5 percentage points now from 1.77 percentage points in early November.

Bubble in Corporate Bonds? Portfolio Managers Mostly Say No Katy Burne 2011

Firms like State Street may benefit as corporate pension managers search for less-risky returns.

Custody Banks Rebound Tess Stynes 2010

European Pressphoto Agency Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke On the face of it, the logic of increasing an allocation to less-risky, less-volatile bonds as one gets older seems unassailable.

The Asset-Allocation Fallacy James B. Stewart 2011

While investors yanking money from equity funds is an industrywide challenge, Legg Mason hasn't yet capitalized on the other end of that trend: increased investor attention on sometimes less-risky fixed-income investments.

Financial Briefing Book: Oct. 28 2010

But the 43-year-old manager said last year's rally has left many big names cheaper than their smaller counterparts, particularly since their international presence offers a less-risky opportunity to profit from growth in China and emerging markets.

This Fund Says Large Caps, and Means It Jerry A. DiColo 2011

The prices of raw materials have declined amid worries about the global economy, as demand weakens and investors seek less-risky alternatives to commodities.

Wholesale Prices Edged Down at Year's End Josh Mitchell 2012

A closed pension fund generally would shift its asset allocation over time toward less-risky investments in the same way an individual might move from riskier to more-conservative investments as retirement nears.

States Mull Shift in Worker Pensions Jeannette Neumann 2011

This year has been a different story, as fears of a euro-zone breakup, a U.S. recession and a Chinese bust sent investors scurrying into less-risky fare.

Why Small-Cap Stocks Could Keep Rallying Ben Levisohn 2011

While investors yanking money from equity funds is an industrywide challenge, Legg Mason hasn't yet capitalized on the other end of that trend: increased investor attention on sometimes less-risky fixed-income investments.

Legg Mason Net Rises, But Outflows Continue Jon Kamp 2010