Describing a risk preference in which the investor makes decisions on the average return on an investment and is not interested in the standard deviation of returns.

Compare:

risk-averse, risk-seeking.

• partly paid shares
• partnership
• partnership agreement
• par value
• passing a name
• passing off
• passing the book
• passive management
• pass-through
• past-due loan
• pataca
• patent
• Patent Office
• path-dependent option
• pathfinder prospectus
• pawnbroker
• payable to bearer
• payable to order
• pay and file
• pay-as-you-earn
• payback period
• payback period method
• PAYE
• payee
• payer