Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sequence-of-returns risk

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.10 in modern English

Syllables: se-quence-of-re-turn-s risk
IPA

39

Scrabble Score

21

Letters

6

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The risk of a portfolio depletion planned over time (particularly retirement years) being negatively impacted by subaverage portfolio performance in its beginning.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

sequence-of-returns risks (plural) sequence of returns risk (alternative) sequence-of-return risk (alternative) sequence of return risk (alternative) SORR (alternative)

Questions

What does sequence-of-returns risk mean?: The risk of a portfolio depletion planned over time (particularly retirement years) being negatively impacted by subaverage portfolio performance in its beginning.

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