Risk & You 2011
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Scientists have discovered neural pathways that seem to correlate with the kinds of people who deal well with financial risk, but even the very definition of risk gets pulled apart by experts.
Money
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Google's entrance into the wireless payment market shows there's money to be made, but tech providers still have to overcome security concerns among consumers and merchants.
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Because of their low correlation in movements to traditional investments in stocks and bonds, alternative investments are viewed as a “hedge” to help protect portfolios during sideways or down markets.
Life
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Don't lay low. Be proactive. Assess the vulnerability of your company and position by understanding the evolving business strategy and how your unit and specific function fit into the overall scheme.
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Because a child’s identity is pristine and often remains unchecked for more than a decade, it is uniquely desirable to identity thieves. Just as appealing to criminals is the fact that a Social Security number with a clean history can be attached to any name or date of birth.
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The popular Hollywood thriller “Contagion” is a fictional account of a mysterious virus that wreaks global havoc, but there are enough real-world health threats out there to scare you.
Interactive Features
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From the financial crisis of 2008-2009 to the flash crash of May 2010 and the ups an downs of the past six months of 2011, the U.S. stock market has been a wild rise for investors.
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There's more to risk than buying a stock, gambling at a casino or taking out an adjustable rate mortgage. How much do you know?
Slideshow
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Click to see, in alphabetical order, the 10 North American companies on GovernanceMetrics International's risk list.