Corporations managing risk themselves face a fundamental question: why do they need to do it? Individuals and investment groups can manage the risk on their own. Making good investments seems like a better option.

Hedging bets are mostly fictional transactions that don’t affect the value o...

Asset management is the practice of increasing total wealth over time through acquiring, maintaining, and trading investments that have the potential to grow in value.

However, we must keep in mind that asset management has a double-barreled goal which increases value while mitigating risk ...

1. The greater return you want, the more risk you'll usually have to accept.
2. Diversify as much as you can to lower your risk exposure, ie, invest in different companies, industries and regions.
3. If you're saving over the short term, it's wise not to take too much of a r...