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		yummyfajitas on Oct 7, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The stock market as a single, very big piece of mu... "Risk averse" and "trying to make a few basis points above CD" are mutually contradictory statements.

borism on Oct 7, 2010 [–]

Now I'm confused. How is expecting return on risky investment being very close to return on risk-less investment is not risk-averse?

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