Risk tolerance is the degree of uncertainty an investor can put up with when there is a negative change in the value of their portfolio. Risk tolerance varies throughout a person’s lifetime. Older people generally have lower levels of risk tolerance.

Do you want to gauge your level of risk tolerance? There is a useful risk tolerance questionnaire from Rutgers here. This will give you a picture of your ability to tolerate investment risks as well as your financial capability to take risks.

Once you have determined your capacity for risk how should you handle your portfolio? Always step back and take a look at all your investments rather than focusing on one individual one. Its so easy to get dragged into micromanaging specific parts of your portfolio rather than taking in the big picture. By looking at your overall portfolio you will be able to increase the risk of your individual investments.

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When all is said and done, what risk tolerance, from an investing point of view, boils down to is your level of discipline plus also how much time you have. If you have the time and the discipline you can let your money grow untouched so that the stock market can ultimately provide the best returns.

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Talking shop with Richard Pena, the Film Society of Lincoln Center’s program director, it becomes apparent that these are hardly business-as-usual days for any film festival, much less for the New York Film Festival ? the city’s definitive annual movie event that is set to begin its 45th program next Friday. As the years have passed and the number of film festivals and independently produced …

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When applying for a grant last year from George Soros?s Open Society Institute to report on the insurance industry?s response to Hurricane Katrina, I anticipated two things: insurers would play a make-or-break role in the Gulf region?s ability to recover and the story would be poorly covered by the national business press.

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Oprah Winfrey has been at the center of a crisis. An error was made in one of her past shows with the perception being made that she was attempting to hide the truth. So yesterday, rather than continue to cover it up, she dealt with it by appearing live on her show and communicating her errors. Today, breakfast television was full of this news about her show and reaction is quickly spreading across the web. What can be learned from this is that exposing the truth behind a crisis builds trust and helps restores the reputation. Perhaps certain government agancies and organizations who are currently facing challenges can learn something from Oprah. Read the story from the New York Times.

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A mother in New York is suing an Applebee’s restaurant after her 5-year-old son was allegedly served a Long Island Iced Tea instead of apple juice.

A manager at the restaurant declined to comment. Full story.

In a situation such as this perhaps concern for the child and detailed communication with the media would have been a better way to control this crisis. As it is Applebee’s is getting a lot of negative publicity and their reputation is declining.

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