Source: Financial Times, 18th January 2011
Investment implies moving some part of one's assets from financial safety to a position of acceptable risk with the hope of increasing wealth over time. What qualifies as "acceptable risk" may thus be seen to be the gating question for the investment criteria of a "prudent man". This has come to be known as the Prudent Man Rule to guide persons entrusted with the finances of others.





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