Credit risk and duration risk are largely eliminated in this strategy.

Tactically, hoplites were vulnerable to attacks by cavalry, and since the Persians had substantial numbers of cavalry, this made any offensive maneuver by the Athenians even more of a risk, and thus reinforced the defensive strategy of the Athenians.

It is possible for hedge funds to commit to a certain strategy or employ multiple strategies to allow flexibility, for risk management purposes, or to achieve diversified returns.

A variety of measuring techniques and models may be used to calculate the risk incurred by a hedge fund's activities ; fund managers may use different models depending on their fund's structure and investment strategy.

Valuation risk refers to the concern that the net asset value of investments may be inaccurate ; capacity risk can arise from placing too much money into one particular strategy, which may lead to fund performance deterioration ; and concentration risk may arise if a fund has too much exposure to a particular investment, sector, trading strategy, or group of correlated funds.

Captives are becoming an increasingly important component of the risk management and risk financing strategy of their parent.

# prioritize risk reduction measures based on a strategy

Halon fire suppression systems may mitigate that risk, but the cost may be prohibitive as a strategy.

Risk retention is a viable strategy for small risks where the cost of insuring against the risk would be greater over time than the total losses sustained.

But game theory had a little crisis: it could not find a strategy for a simple game called " The Prisoner's Dilemma " ( PD ) where two players have the option to cooperate for mutual gain, but each also takes a risk of being suckered.

This grouping strategy reduces predation risk because larger groups decrease each individual ’ s chance of being hunted, and predators are more easily seen in open areas.

For females to risk their lives on blood sucking while males abstain is not a strategy limited to the mosquitoes ; it also occurs in some other insect families, such as the Tabanidae.

A recent study found that a treatment strategy of intensively lowering blood sugar levels ( below 6 %) in patients with additional cardiovascular disease risk factors poses more harm than benefit.

Thompson was placed on the National Committee, but gave up the on third party strategy in August and supported Abraham Lincoln so as not to risk a Democratic victory in Indiana.

This area of the bank includes risk management, treasury management, internal controls, and corporate strategy.

Corporate strategy, along with risk, treasury, and controllers, also often falls under the finance division.

If this trading strategy is followed, and any cash held is assumed to grow at the risk free rate r, then the total value V of this portfolio satisfies the SDE

( B ) A message runs too great a risk of being distorted if it is to be relayed more than about six consecutive times.

`` I may possibly be a greater risk than is the normal person of my age '', the President had said on February 29th of the election year, ignoring the fact that no one of his age had ever lived out another term.

`` My doctors assure me that this increased percentage of risk is not great ''.

No consideration of risk urges itself upon him now: for this is what the mind does with the ideas on which it has not properly focussed.

It is my studied conviction that no nation will ever risk general war against us unless we should become so foolish as to neglect the defense forces we now so powerfully support.

There is a risk that instead of teaching a person how to be himself, reading fiction and drama may teach him how to be somebody else.

But for the United States and its SEATO allies to attempt to shore up a less tough, less combat-tested government army in monsoon-shrouded, road-shy, guerrilla-th'-wisp terrain is a risk not savored by Pentagon planners.

Having hedged its bets in this way, PHS apparently decided it would be possible to make some sort of determination after all: `` At present radiation levels, and even at somewhat higher levels, the additional risk is slight and very few people will be affected ''.

It is not a medieval mental quirk or an attitude `` unnourished by sense '' to believe that husbands and wives should not be subjected to such a risk, or that such a possibility should not be permitted to endanger the confidentiality of the marriage relationship.

Willingness to take the risk of early and direct interpretation ( with the proviso that if the interpretation is too threatening, the worker can withdraw ) is another prominent feature in these efforts.

Innumerable motels from Tucson to New York boast swimming pools ( `` swim at your own risk '' is the hospitable sign poised at the brink of most pools ).

Can the church risk assuming that the `` folly '' of men is as dear to God as their `` wisdom '', or, as is also commonly implied, that `` the foolishness of God '' and `` the foolishness of men '' are simply two ways of talking about the same thing??

And yet this is exactly the risk we run when we assume, as we too often do, that we can continue to preach the gospel in a form that makes it seem incredible and irrelevant to cultured men.

`` It is worse for a nation to give in to evil than to run the risk of annihilation ''.

`` If Philip Toynbee is claiming that the choice lies between capitulation and the risk of nuclear war, I think he is right.

The western terrestrial garter snake ( Thamnophis elegans ) in California is largely aquatic and depends heavily on two species of frog that are diminishing in numbers, the Yosemite toad ( Bufo canorus ) and the mountain yellow-legged frog ( Rana muscosa ), putting the snake's future at risk.

It may have been preceded by an optional " pre-answer " motion to dismiss or demurrer ; if such a motion is unsuccessful, the defendant must file an answer to the complaint or risk an adverse default judgment.

The term also broadly refers to any enterprise that is potentially fraught with physical, financial or psychological risk, such as a business venture, a love affair, or other major life undertakings.

According to adventurer André Malraux, in his La Condition Humaine ( 1933 ), " If a man is not ready to risk his life, where is his dignity ?".

Yinka Ebo of Cancer Research UK disputed the findings, concluding that " there is still not enough evidence to suggest that using mouthwash that contains alcohol will increase the risk of mouth cancer ".

Dominican amber, especially Dominican blue amber, is mined through bell pitting, which is dangerous due to the risk of tunnel collapse.

Some models use a special cup-like muzzle extension to further minimize the risk of debris injuring the shooter.

Another hazard is the gasses generated as they escape the cylinder which can present a risk of injury to a shooter using an improper grip, as demonstrated in an episode of the Discovery Channel series MythBusters.

And if you're as flat broke as I am, I think we'll have to take the added risk of knocking over a filling station or something before we split for one of us to set up an alibi while the other does his dirty work ''.

Even Professor Arnold Toynbee, agreeing with his son, does so in these terms: `` Compared to continuing to incur a constant risk of the destruction of the human race, all other evils are lesser evils.

He does not mean, in fact he addresses himself specifically to reject the proposition, that `` if we took the risk of surrendering, a new generation in Britain would soon begin to amass its strength in secret in order to reverse the consequences of that surrender ''.

Self-diagnosis of indigestion does carry some risk because the causes can vary from a minor dietary indiscretion to a peptic ulcer.

Because of this risk, patients prescribed clozapine may need to have regular blood checks to catch the condition early if it does occur, so the patient is in no danger.

The albinistic are generally as healthy as the rest of the population ( but see related disorders below ), with growth and development occurring as normal, and albinism by itself does not cause mortality, although the lack of pigment blocking ultraviolet radiation increases the risk of skin cancer and other problems.

Even though alcoholism can increase the risk of liver cancer, studies have shown that a moderate consumption of alcohol ( 1 serving / day for women and 2 servings / day for men ) does not affect diabetes Type II greatly.

The main rare risks are counterparty risk and liquidity risk – that a counterparty to a large transaction or many transactions fails to pay, or that one is required to post margin and does not have the money to do so.

In 2001, the scientific journal the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences published six comprehensive studies that showed Bt corn pollen does not pose a risk to monarch populations for the following reasons:

In addition, training with a bokken does not carry the same mortal risk associated with that of a live sword, both for the user and other practitioners near by.

If your side has two aces and a void, then you are not at risk of losing the first two tricks, so long as ( a ) your void is useful ( i. e., does not duplicate the function of an ace that your side holds ) and ( b ) you are not vulnerable to the loss of the first two tricks in the fourth suit ( because, for instance, one of the partnership hands holds a singleton in that suit or the protected king, giving your side second round control ).

However, all this metaplasia does increase the risk of cancer in this area-the transformation zone is the most common area for cervical cancer to occur.

Second-and third-trimester exposure does not usually increase the teratogenic risk and adverse effects on cognitive development, but it may increase the risk of various complications of pregnancy and fetal myelosuppression.

This reduces the risk of employees stealing from the shop owner by pocketing the money without recording a sale, when a customer does not need a receipt but has to be given change ( cash is more easily checked against recorded sales than inventory ).

For services depending on the day (" closed on Sundays ", " does not run on Fridays ", and so on ) there is a risk of ambiguity.

As the impact between steel hammer heads and the objects being hit can, and does, create sparks, which in some industries such as underground coal mining with methane gas, or in other hazardous environments containing flammable gases and vapours, can be dangerous and risk igniting the gases.

In response to the court decision, in 2007 the SEC adopted Rule 206 ( 4 )- 8, which unlike the earlier challenged rule, " does not impose additional filing, reporting or disclosure obligations " but does potentially increase " the risk of enforcement action " for negligent or fraudulent activity.

One line of argument in favor of externalism begins with the observation that if what justified our beliefs failed to eliminate significantly the risk of error, then it does not seem that knowledge would be attainable as it would appear that when our beliefs did happen to be correct, this would really be a matter of good fortune.

Excess line insurance companies ( also known as Excess and Surplus ) typically insure risks not covered by the standard lines insurance market, due to a variety of reasons ( e. g., new entity or an entity that does not have an adequate loss history, an entity with unique risk characteristics, or an entity that has a loss history that does not fit the underwriting requirements of the standard lines insurance market ).