NYU Stern has developed a new method of examining the risk level of a bank. This calculation takes three steps. First it estimates the daily drop in equity value of this firm that would be expected if the aggregate market falls more than 2%. This is called Marginal Expected Shortfall or MES. The measure incorporates …
Tag Archive: Risk
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Jun 06
How to manage portfolio risk
Why do I say risk assessment is such an essential element in the investment process? There are three powerful reasons. First, risk is a bad thing, and most level-headed people want to avoid or minimize it. It is an underlying assumption in financial theory that people are naturally risk-averse, meaning they’d rather take less risk …
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May 29
Youth in many developed countries to suffer long run unemployment
According to a report by OECD, the government of nations under OECD should realize that their youth may have to face long run unemployment. The job prospects in these countries remain grim and worst in case of youth employment. High degree of dropouts from schools in countries like Spain may cause increase in number of …
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