EVENT RISK

  1. Possibility an unexpected event will negatively impact a firm or industry. Sudden corporate reorganizations or bond buyback may incur either a positive or negative impact upon the stock’s market price.
  2. Risk connected to a changing portfolio due to huge swings in market places. These are extreme portfolio risks due to significant changes in market price. Also called fat-tails or jump risk.
  3. Possibility a bond issuer will miss a coupon payment to bondholders because of a dramatic and unanticipated event. As a result, credit rating agencies may downscale the issuer’s credit rating. The firm will have to pay investors more for greater risk of holding its debt.