Take This Risk Tolerance Quiz

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By JLP | January 28, 2007

Here’s your assignment for today:

Take this risk tolerance quiz and report back here with your score. NOTE: If the website doesn’t load the first time, try again.

I scored and 87 which doesn’t surprise me at all. An 87 puts me in “Above-Average Risk Tolerance” category:

Individuals scoring in the upper end of this range have significantly greater tolerance than those at the lower end, but people in both situations should put stocks and stock funds at the core of their portfolios.

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Comments to “Take This Risk Tolerance Quiz”

Daisiy Says:
January 29th, 2007 at 4:05 am

I scored a 75, so that puts me in the above-average risk tolerance category, too–but just barely.

I did not like the last question about investment philosophy. I’m an indexer, and none of the answers really fit me.

Enough Wealth Says:
January 29th, 2007 at 5:53 am

89 - about what I’d expect.

Several of the questions had no answer that matched my outlook, so I had to go with the closest match.

JLP Says:
January 29th, 2007 at 7:35 am

Yeah, you both raised an important point: none of these questionniares are perfect and the results should be taken lightly.

Tom Says:
January 29th, 2007 at 7:38 am

I scored a 61, but I don’t think the test questions were always relevant. For instance #14, I would have no problem betting $10,000 for a $50,000 payoff as $10,000 is a minor amount in my portfolio. I would have been more conservative if the choice was to invest $500,000.

ChampDog Says:
January 29th, 2007 at 8:06 am

I scored 57 as expected that I’m an average risk tolerance person and I think those questions are reasonable.

bluntmoney Says:
January 29th, 2007 at 8:44 am

55 here, which surprised me a little. I’d have thought I’d come out more conservative.

KC Says:
January 29th, 2007 at 9:11 am

I scored a 79, pretty much where I expected.

dimes Says:
January 29th, 2007 at 10:05 am

Seventy Seven.

excitedVulcan Says:
January 29th, 2007 at 10:06 am

56, pretty much as I expected. It’s probably one of the more accurate “little” (less than 5 pages long) surveys I’ve seen.

DNT Says:
January 29th, 2007 at 10:58 am

86.

Lazy Man and Money Says:
January 29th, 2007 at 3:55 pm

Scored an 89, which seems about right. I’m generally probably happy to take on risk if the reward is right.

Single Ma Says:
January 29th, 2007 at 7:05 pm

Mine was 78, above-average risk tolerance. Surprising because I consider myself very risk adverse.

Bobby Says:
January 29th, 2007 at 8:11 pm

71…which might have been higher except I am relatively new to detailed PF.

peggy Says:
January 29th, 2007 at 8:41 pm

66; I might try to follow the “110-age” rule for moderate investors.

Anonymous Says:
January 29th, 2007 at 9:56 pm

I scored 80. I’m not terribly surprised.

Finance Guide 101 Says:
January 30th, 2007 at 8:15 am

Well my score was 78 “Above-Average Risk Tolerance”

How Financially Risky Are You? » Online Savings Blog Says:
January 30th, 2007 at 10:01 am

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Jeremy Says:
January 30th, 2007 at 12:17 pm

78, right where I expected to be.

Ed Says:
January 30th, 2007 at 9:20 pm

I got an 87 also. Just like everyone else, it fits.

Feng-Ru Wu Says:
October 13th, 2008 at 7:39 pm

I got a 57

Shih Chen Says:
October 13th, 2008 at 7:46 pm

I got 61 point.It was pretty much close on my mind.

Ning Wang Says:
October 14th, 2008 at 1:58 pm

I scored 60, it is fairly accurate for me considering the amount of fund available to me right now, but I think I will be willing to take much more risks if I earned the money myself.

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