As the year 2023 draws to a close, it’s time to reflect on the significant strides made in the realm of Risk Management within the financial services industry. Despite facing a multitude of challenges, including inflation, economic uncertainty, and geopolitical tensions, the industry seems to have demonstrated strong resilience and a steadfast commitment The financial […]
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Top 5 Risk Management Strategies
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 […]
What is Risk Management in the Stock Market?
In the stock market, risk management is locating, quantifying, and dealing with the various risks that can affect investment. It’s a must-have in the stock market since it aids traders and investors in deciding whether to purchase or sell a specific security. Due to the potential negative effects of various risks on a person’s investment […]
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 […]
Agriculture Industry: Trading and Risk Management
There is a race on across the globe towards increasing productivity and efficiency in the agriculture industry and making the businesses more sustainable. What we need is a fundamental shift in the way agriculture companies handle trading and risk operations and processes. Continuous pressure to increase operational efficiency, decrease reaction times, drive efficient collaboration and […]
Why Portfolio Diversification is for the Ignorant Investor
Preface 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. Almost 5 years on and we are proud of the footprint we have created so far, with a special emphasis on our most read […]
Internal Audits Role in Fighting Cyber Attacks
Cyber-attacks are growing exponentially as our world becomes more digitally integrated on a global scale. From ransomware holding data hostage to phishing attacks spoofing innocent users, cybercriminals are looking to exploit the exponential amount of data existing in today’s world for easy payouts. A troubling stat from Cybersecurity Ventures estimates cybercrimes will costs businesses $6 […]
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. […]