It was a kind of convenient fantasy that required no commitment or risk.

Wall Street has a saying that "higher return requires higher risk", not that a risky investment will automatically do better.

And you've got to have certainty in a system that requires risk.

"Utility executives are extremely conservative and mergers and acquisitions require risk," he said.

Adventure by definition requires risk and the unknown.

It requires great risk of me and of those who will go with me.

That makes saving less attractive - and requires extra risk to achieve any given level of reward.

Everything worthwhile seems to require risk, doesn't it?

Proctor,' I said, 'is capable of anything that requires cold courage, risk and endurance.

One requires little or no risk on the part of the investor, and the other can be highly speculative.