Meanings of shun riskier in English

The rise in merger-and-acquisition activity comes as investors increasingly shun riskier, high-growth areas of the market, especially newly minted stocks.

Banks snapped their recent winning streak as investors shunned riskier stocks.

The threat provoked a global equities sell-off on Monday, with investors shunning riskier assets such as equities.

World shares fell on Wednesday as investors shunned riskier assets, on renewed talk of a Greece euro exit.

Investors shunned riskier assets and traders cited significant U.S. dollar short covering overnight, further weighing on the euro.

Investors shunned riskier assets, moving away from commodities and higher-yielding currencies and flocking to safe-haven assets such as the dollar and U.S. government bonds.

Oil prices rose in spite of gains in the dollar, which this year have typically signaled that investors are shunning riskier assets such as oil.

The bank is shunning riskier non-conforming loans with downpayments of less than 20% and home equity lines of credit above $500,000, according to the memo.