Nine Questions About Investment Risk

During the five-year ascent from the trough of the 2000-2002 bear market to the market peak of October 2007, there seemed scant reason to worry about investment risk. But the market downturn brought about by the credit crunch and weakened economy has driven home the fact that the concept of risk is ignored at an investor's peril.

So how much do you know about measuring risk? Here is a nine-question investment quiz to test -- and possibly enhance -- your knowledge of the concepts of investment risk.

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