Risky Business We are each responsible for our own decisions, even if the decision, making process has been undermined by stress or peer pressure

It's very risky.

After the failure of Lehman Brothers, many of the world’s largest banks feared the worst as the collapse of the housing bubble exposed investments in risky loans.

They do not often demonstrate risky behaviors as their peers.

Their risky behaviors—drinking too much alcohol, using illegal drugs, smoking cigarettes and skipping school—can alert parents and teachers that serious problems are brewing.

It is too risky to carry on.

Corporate bonds are a bit more risky.

Investors will invest in a bond considered risky only if the potential return is high enough

But right now it's too risky for them to lend me money.

Older adolescents scored about 50 percent higher on an index of risky driving when their peers were in the room — and the driving of early adolescents was fully twice as reckless when other young teens were around.