There are basically five strategies which can help you in allocating your risk management. 1. Learn about the company If you’re going to put money into the stock market, you need to devote time and energy to learning about the company’s financial statements and annual reports, as well as the state of the economy at […]
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Stock Portfolio Monte Carlo Simulation in Excel
Introduction Monte Carlo simulations are currently the most common used techniques to estimate the risks that a Bank or firm might be facing at a given time. A Monte Carlo simulation is no more than a series of predictions for possible future events. Once the simulation has run, (virtually) millions of its results will produce […]
10 Risk Professionals You Should Follow
Whether you’ve just started in Risk Management or you’re already a professional in this arena, this article will interest you. We are highlighting some of the reference professionals we follow who are seasoned Risk Managers, each in its own area of expertise. Most of these professionals have lengthy experience in Risk Management and are at […]
Real Time Stock Prices in Excel
Excel is undoubtedly the best platform for performing custom tasks on your stock portfolio, such as generating performance charts with respect to non-standard quantities. Generally you would rather base your trading decisions not only on past and current share prices, but also on mathematical quantities calculated out of those prices, broadly known as Technical Indicators. […]
151 Trading Strategies
Brand new book “151 Trading Strategies” (freely downloadable 257-page preview version https://ssrn.com/abstract=3247865) gives detailed descriptions for 150+ trading strategies for stocks, options, fixed income, futures, ETFs, indexes, commodities, foreign exchange, convertibles, structured assets, volatility, real estate, distressed assets, cash, cryptocurrencies, weather, energy, inflation, global macro, infrastructure, and tax arbitrage. Some strategies are based on machine […]
Market and Model Risk Management in Excel for free
Market Risk Management is a complex field that demands, among other things, three fundamental aspects: Access to market data – both real-time and historical; A good understanding of the applicable valuation models and, above all; Available implementations of at least a few of these models. In addition, these models must be implemented in a user […]
EBOOK: Value-at-Risk – Theory and Practice
“Value-at-Risk – Theory and Practice” second edition is an eBook written by Glyn A. Holton and published in 2014 by the author as a full web based totally free eBook, available in www.value-at-risk.net. If you want to learn in depth about VaR, this is definitely the eBook for you. Don’t miss this great opportunity. About the […]
8 Risk Management Blogs You Must Follow
We are avid consumers of every piece of content related to Risk Management. In fact, this was one of the key drivers when we decided to launch our Risk Management Guru blog. The whole idea is to use this platform to share and distribute any relevant Risk Management content or publication that we feel might […]