One way to think of risk with investing is that you should take on as much risk as you can bear—your risk capacity—but not more than you can tolerate—your risk tolerance.
One way to think of risk with investing is that you should take on as much risk as you can bear—your risk capacity—but not more than you can tolerate—your risk tolerance. It won’t do you any good to invest more aggressively than you can comfortably tolerate if it leads to panic selling.