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Basis Risk: Uncertainty about the basis at the time a hedge may be lifted. Hedging substitutes basis risk for price risk.

Risk Classes: Groups of projects that have approximately the same amount of risk.

Risk Communication: The exchange of information to increase understanding of health risks.

Risk Controlled Arbitrage: A self-funding, self-hedged series of transactions that generally use mortgage securities (MBS) as the primary assets.

Risk Factor: In arbitrage pricing theory or the multibeta capital asset pricing model, the set of common factors that impact returns, e.g., market return, interest rates, inflation, or industrial production.

Risk Assessment: Qualitative and quantitative evaluation of the risk posed to human health and/or the environment by the actual or potential presence and/or use of specific pollutants.

Reverse Price Risk: A type of mortgage pipeline risk that occurs when a lender commits to sell loans to an investor at rates prevailing at the time of mortgage application but sets the note rates when the borro . . . View Full Definition

Risk: The chance of loss, the degree of probability of loss or the amount of possible loss to the insuring company. For an individual, risk represents such probabilities as the likelihood of surgi . . . View Full Definition

Risk Arbitrage: Traditionally, the simultaneous purchase of stock in a company being acquired and the sale of stock of the acquirer. Modern risk arbitrage focuses on capturing the spreads between the market . . . View Full Definition

Risk Factors: Behaviors and conditions present in the child, parent or family that will likely contribute to child maltreatment occurring in the future.