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Finance Dictionary and Glossary of Investment Terms
financial risk
Definition 1.
The possibility that a bond issuer will default, by failing to repay principal and interest in a timely manner. Bonds issued by the federal government, for the most part, are immune from default (if the government needs money it can just print more). Bonds issued by corporations are more likely to be defaulted on, since companies often go bankrupt. Municipalities occasionally default as well, although it is much less common. also called default risk or credit risk.
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Definition 2.
The risk that a company will not have adequate cash flow to meet financial obligations.
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Definition 3.
The risk that the cash flow of an issuer will not be adequate to meet its financial obligations. Also referred to as the additional risk that a firm's stockholder bears when the firm uses debt and equity.
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