Tag: risk management

For the past week, the major stock market indices have been very choppy.  Without clear direction in the stock indices, volatility has increased making price...

“Most investors are primarily oriented toward return, how much they can make and pay little attention to risk, how much they can lose.” –...

The S&P 500 (NYSEARCA: SPY) has just about completed its best reporting season in a heck of a long time, with growth in earnings...

When most investors think of risk, equity market risk most often jumps top of mind. For an equity portfolio, fund or investment product, if the...

Weighing Market Risks... “Cause when life looks like Easy Street, there is danger at your door” – Grateful Dead On numerous occasions, we have posited that...

What Rick Barry and the Atlanta Falcons can teach us about risk management “Something about the crowd transforms the way you think” – Malcolm Gladwell...

This post was written by my wife, Holly Burns. We talk a lot about the importance of trading plans, but it has occurred to me...

The stock market is an essential cornerstone of capitalism, not a game of roulette. Well-functioning and free capital markets properly regulate the cost of...

I would like to thank the late William McRae for instilling this understanding in me early in my career.  I enjoyed putting this together...

I've spent the past week recharging my batteries on a family vacation in Rocky Mountain National Park (Colorado). I've snuck in a few trades...