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A Spectacularly Underappreciated 15 Years

The Big Picture

2015 gain of only 1.4% -2018 drop of 4.4%, including a Q4 drop of nearly 20%. -Q1 Financial Repression was the rallying cry for underperforming managers. is not what risk managers call a rational trading day. Q1 2020 down 34% in the pandemic. 2022 down 18% for the year.4 Any single day where markets rally 12.5%

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Is Risk Listing a Reliable Risk Management Practice?

Risk Management Guru

Risk management can be defined as the “process which aims to help organizations understand, evaluate and take action on all their risks with a view to increasing the probability of success and reducing the likelihood of failure” (Hopkin, 2010, p. Limitations of Risk Listing. Introduction.

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Thinking about risk appetite and risk appetite statements

Norman Marks

I have written a lot over the years about risk appetite and the value of risk appetite statements, both here on this blog and also in my books, especially World-Class Risk Management (2015) and Risk Management in Plain English: A Guide for Executives, Enabling Success through Intelligent and Informed Risk-Taking (2018).

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Five Star Business Finance IPO Review – GMP, Strengths & More!

Trade Brains

The total credit offered by NBFCs to MSMEs has been estimated to increase from 14% to 20% from the fiscal year 2015 to the fiscal year 2021. The company has 100% in-house sourcing, robust risk management, and a comprehensive credit assessment and collections framework, leading to good asset quality. Strengths of the Company.

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Why Portfolio Diversification is for the Ignorant Investor

Risk Management Guru

The Risk Management Guru (RMG) blog was founded in October 2015 with a very clear sense of purpose: to become the go-to blog for the best articles about Risk Management. Without you, this adventure would not be possible nor would the Risk Management Blog have its unique personality. our gurus).

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Sometimes This Sucks

The Irrelevant Investor

Risk is never not present. Just because risk management didn't pay off today, doesn't mean it won't tomorrow. The S&P 500 gained 2.7%, it's best day since August 2015. I don't believe that traders or investors got an "all clear" today. I don't think there is an "all clear" ever. Back to today.

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Financial Market Round-Up – Apr’24

Truemind Capital

Interestingly, Gold prices (per 10 grams in INR terms) and Sensex levels were similar in 2015 (around 26,000) and are in close range even today. Moving away from asset allocation puts you at a risk of losing money and forcing you to quit consequently impacting potential wealth creation.