06/10/2021
Financial risk is often thought of in three ways:
1. The probability of losing your initial investment. For example, there’s a risk that the company you invest in could be poorly managed, and you could lose your total investment. This scenario is highly unlikely to occur with investments in large companies, but it does happen occasionally (for example, HIH Insurance, Enron).
2. The probability of not receiving your expected growth return. For example, there’s a risk that the share price of the company you invest in could go down to $8, rather than up to $20 as expected.
3. The probability of not receiving your expected income return. For example, there’s a risk that the company you invest in may only pay a dividend of 15 cents, instead of the expected dividend of 40 cents.