Why Families Hate Construction Risk More Than Market Risk

Family offices will tolerate significant market volatility but avoid construction risk obsessively. The asymmetry isn't irrational — it reflects how they experience loss differently.

Market risk is systemic — everyone loses together. Construction risk is idiosyncratic — your project fails while the market is fine. The psychological difference matters: market losses feel like weather; construction losses feel like mistakes.

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