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• Canadian Oil Growth at Risk of Being Stunted: Here's Why
  
  In spite of the rising global oil prices and Canada's vast endowments of oil and gas resources, the oil sector of the country is likely to bear the brunt of inefficient regulations and pipeline crisis.
  Rimmi Singhi.  Zacks.  Fri, 14 Jun 2019 13:50:00 GMT.
• Game of zones: New tax breaks will spark Nashville's next building boom
  
  New federal tax breaks have primed some Music City neighborhoods for a wave of real estate and business investment. The goal is to funnel money into our poorest communities. The risk is those areas could be upended.
  Adam Sichko.  American City Business Journals.  Thu, 13 Jun 2019 19:48:11 +0000.
• Amerisafe Benefits from Specialty in High-Hazard Insurance
  
  Amerisafe's (AMSF) niche in providing workers' compensation insurance in high-hazard risk industries, coupled with balance sheet strength and appropriate enterprise risk management aids growth.
  Zacks Equity Research.  Zacks.  Fri, 07 Jun 2019 20:53:00 GMT.
• BNP Analyst: Socialist Winning White House Is Black Swan Risk
  
  Investors and experts at a BNP Paribas event who discussed black swan risks that could spook markets flagged one that has yet to be priced in: The chance a socialist candidate will take the White House in 2020.
  Newsmax.  Wed, 05 Jun 2019 16:45:55 EDT.
• Wall Street Warns of Mounting Recession Risk From Trade War
  
  Wall Street's biggest banks lined up to warn investors of growing recession risks from the escalating trade war between the U.S. and China.
  Newsmax.  Sun, 02 Jun 2019 11:12:28 EDT.
• Union Pacific, PepsiCo and others could see their sales take a hit in a US-Mexico trade war
  
  A number of U.S. companies with high revenue exposure to Mexico could be at risk if trade relations between the two countries deteriorate.
  CNBC.  Fri, 31 May 2019 16:01 GMT.
• Risk Horses On the March: Investors Piling Into Treasuries As Trade Concerns Mount
  
  Many of the risk-on type assets are sinking further this morning, including crude and Treasury yields. At the same time, volatility is on the rise as investors fret about geopolitics.
  By Jj Kinahan, Contributor.  Forbes.  Wed, 29 May 2019 13:35:00 +0000.
• PRECIOUS-Gold edges lower as improved risk sentiment dents safe-haven demand
  
  Gold extended its losses on Friday, following its biggest one-day percentage loss in a month in the previous session on a firmer dollar and as a strong U.S. data, corporate results boosted investor appetite for riskier assets.
  Reuters.  Thu, 16 May 2019 21:40:14 -0400.
• 10 Small-Cap Growth Stocks Analysts Love the Most
  
  Investors who can stomach more risk stand to reap greater rewards. That's where small-cap growth stocks come in, and they just might deserve a place in your buy-and-hold portfolio. ...
  Kiplinger.  Thu, 16 May 2019 16:07:44 -0400.
• EMERGING MARKETS-Latam assets slide as U.S.-China trade war froths
  
  Latin American currencies softened against the dollar on Monday, with global risk appetite hammered by rising U.S.-China trade tensions, which prompted some investors in Latin American stocks to cash out their chips in a rush. ...
  Reuters.  Mon, 13 May 2019 17:10:23 -0400.

• Hedge Funds (Information)
  
  A hedge fund is designed to minimize exposure to market risk and thereby boost investment returns. To do that, hedge fund managers employ a number of counterbalancing techniques.
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