Posts Tagged ‘Risk’

A form of Ebola virus has been detected in pigs for the first time, raising concerns it could mutate and pose a new risk to humans.

Cutting calories may delay the ageing process and reduce the risk of disease, a long-term study of monkeys suggests.

People with superior language skills early in life may be less likely to get Alzheimer’s later, research suggests.

To manage an effective risk management solution requires more than the calculation of VaR. Ultimately a successful risk management program requires the execution of an effective hedge. Technical analysis is a vital element of this strategy.
Recent market reversals brought about by the Sub-Prime mortgage melt down is clearly a significant market correcting event. No matter [...]

Before discussing the use of hedging to off-set risk, we need to understand the role and the purpose of hedging. The history of modern futures trading began in Chicago in the early 1800’s. Chicago is located at the base of the Great Lakes, close to the farmlands and cattle country of the U.S. Midwest making [...]