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Risk Aversion Quiz

Risk Aversion Scale

In the below scenarios you'll be given an update about an investment. You can then decide to Sell, to Do Nothing or to Buy More.

Your choices are scored based on the riskiness of your answer and that helps to determine your risk aversion score. Your Risk Aversion score is then used to break down your portfolio between stocks, or your "risky" portfolio, and bonds, or your "risk-free" portfolio.


Scenario Question
# 1 You and a business partner just sold a company you spent 10 years building. He went out and spent 10% of his earnings on a sailboat. Now he wants a bigger one and some toys to go with it. What do you think he should do?
Sell Do Nothing Buy More
# 2 This morning the stock market jumped 2.5% on news that a politician or the Treasury did something of note. Having already missed out on this morning's return you decide to..
Sell Do Nothing Buy More
# 3 The Federal Reserve announces that it's raising the Federal Funds rate. You are sitting on $10,000. How should you approach stock investing?
Sell Do Nothing Buy More
# 4 A competitor to one of your investments announces a new product meant to compete directly with your investment's core brand. How do you approach your current investment?
Sell Do Nothing Buy More
# 5 One of the companies you invest in announces that it's under investigation for one of its products that's allegedly harming consumers. What do you do in this situation?
Sell Do Nothing Buy More
# 6 One of your investments announces that it's selling off one of the core components of its business to a competitor. What would you do in this situation?
Sell Do Nothing Buy More
# 7 A company you invest in announces that they are purchasing a company in an unrelated industry. What would you do in this situation?
Sell Do Nothing Buy More
# 8 A company you like and invest in decides to purchase a company whose products or business practices you don't like. What would you do in this situation?
Sell Do Nothing Buy More

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