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Our current society is riddled with particularly high levels of uncertainty. Despite this, there seems to be a consensus that giving a precise forecast which is unlikely to occur is preferable to admitting that a precise prediction is not possible under uncertainty (Manski, 2011). We seek to address the effects of masking uncertainty in the context of investment decisions made by consumers. We test whether consumers are more likely to invest in funds which better communicate the uncertainty if they are exposed to information which depicts financial markets as a context of uncertainty, where outcomes and associated probabilities cannot be known in advance, rather than a context of risk where they can.

Our current society is riddled with particularly high levels of uncertainty. Despite this, there seems to be a consensus that giving a precise forecast which is unlikely to occur is preferable to admitting that a precise prediction is not possible under uncertainty (Manski, 2011). We seek to address the effects of masking uncertainty in the context of investment decisions made by consumers. We test whether consumers are more likely to invest in funds which better communicate the uncertainty if they are exposed to information which depicts financial markets as a context of uncertainty, where outcomes and associated probabilities cannot be known in advance, rather than a context of risk where they can.

Our current society is riddled with particularly high levels of uncertainty. Despite this, there seems to be a consensus that giving a precise forecast which is unlikely to occur is preferable to admitting that a precise prediction is not possible under uncertainty (Manski, 2011). We seek to address the effects of masking uncertainty in the context of investment decisions made by consumers. We test whether consumers are more likely to invest in funds which better communicate the uncertainty if they are exposed to information which depicts financial markets as a context of uncertainty, where outcomes and associated probabilities cannot be known in advance, rather than a context of risk where they can.

Our current society is riddled with particularly high levels of uncertainty. Despite this, there seems to be a consensus that giving a precise forecast which is unlikely to occur is preferable to admitting that a precise prediction is not possible under uncertainty (Manski, 2011). We seek to address the effects of masking uncertainty in the context of investment decisions made by consumers. We test whether consumers are more likely to invest in funds which better communicate the uncertainty if they are exposed to information which depicts financial markets as a context of uncertainty, where outcomes and associated probabilities cannot be known in advance, rather than a context of risk where they can.

Our current society is riddled with particularly high levels of uncertainty. Despite this, there seems to be a consensus that giving a precise forecast which is unlikely to occur is preferable to admitting that a precise prediction is not possible under uncertainty (Manski, 2011). We seek to address the effects of masking uncertainty in the context of investment decisions made by consumers. We test whether consumers are more likely to invest in funds which better communicate the uncertainty if they are exposed to information which depicts financial markets as a context of uncertainty, where outcomes and associated probabilities cannot be known in advance, rather than a context of risk where they can.

Our current society is riddled with particularly high levels of uncertainty. Despite this, there seems to be a consensus that giving a precise forecast which is unlikely to occur is preferable to admitting that a precise prediction is not possible under uncertainty (Manski, 2011). We seek to address the effects of masking uncertainty in the context of investment decisions made by consumers. We test whether consumers are more likely to invest in funds which better communicate the uncertainty if they are exposed to information which depicts financial markets as a context of uncertainty, where outcomes and associated probabilities cannot be known in advance, rather than a context of risk where they can.

Our current society is riddled with particularly high levels of uncertainty. Despite this, there seems to be a consensus that giving a precise forecast which is unlikely to occur is preferable to admitting that a precise prediction is not possible under uncertainty (Manski, 2011). We seek to address the effects of masking uncertainty in the context of investment decisions made by consumers. We test whether consumers are more likely to invest in funds which better communicate the uncertainty if they are exposed to information which depicts financial markets as a context of uncertainty, where outcomes and associated probabilities cannot be known in advance, rather than a context of risk where they can.