Profitability and Risk – Components of the Financial Management

In the context of market economy, with priority the economic category of profitableness has to be addressed with the category of risk. The investors are expecting a gain that depends on the degree of risk they are assuming. This paper is trying to put in correlation the role of the duality profitableness – risk in the financial management of a company. The purpose of this paper is to provide managers and ownership information about the main categories of risks that can occur in a company.