event risk

event risk definition - finance
A risk that comes from an unexpected and unpredictable event, such as a negative industry report, a competitor reporting unexpected, poor financial results, or a ratings downgrade by a Wall Street analyst or by a ratings agency.

Webster's New World Finance and Investment Dictionary Copyright © 2003 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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