stress testing

stress testing definition - finance
A scenario-forecasting technique applied to a portfolio or asset that evaluates how the portfolio would respond if different adverse market conditions occurred. Stress testing is one of the techniques done in risk management to evaluate how badly the owner of the portfolio might be affected if certain unexpected events occurred.

Webster's New World Finance and Investment Dictionary Copyright © 2003 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
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