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Take This Risk Tolerance Quiz
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.
Topics: Investing | 22 Comments »
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
January 29th, 2007 at 8:44 am
55 here, which surprised me a little. I’d have thought I’d come out more conservative.
January 29th, 2007 at 9:11 am
I scored a 79, pretty much where I expected.
January 29th, 2007 at 10:05 am
Seventy Seven.
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.
January 29th, 2007 at 10:58 am
86.
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.
January 29th, 2007 at 7:05 pm
Mine was 78, above-average risk tolerance. Surprising because I consider myself very risk adverse.
January 29th, 2007 at 8:11 pm
71…which might have been higher except I am relatively new to detailed PF.
January 29th, 2007 at 8:41 pm
66; I might try to follow the “110-age” rule for moderate investors.
January 29th, 2007 at 9:56 pm
I scored 80. I’m not terribly surprised.
January 30th, 2007 at 8:15 am
Well my score was 78 “Above-Average Risk Tolerance”
January 30th, 2007 at 10:01 am
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January 30th, 2007 at 12:17 pm
78, right where I expected to be.
January 30th, 2007 at 9:20 pm
I got an 87 also. Just like everyone else, it fits.
October 13th, 2008 at 7:39 pm
I got a 57
October 13th, 2008 at 7:46 pm
I got 61 point.It was pretty much close on my mind.
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.