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“Risk comes from not knowing what you are doing.”

- Warren Buffett

Studies, Articles and Papers of Interest

  • Popular Exit Strategies The Good, The Bad & The Ugly MTA Webinar Chuck LeBeau
  • A Quantitative Approach to Tactical Asset Allocation - A Study of Moving Average Stop Loss Strategy Mebane T. Faber
  • Black Swans and Market Timing: How Not To Generate Alpha Javier Estrada

    Exit Signs Market Report (Recent Editions)

  • September 29, 2010: Timing The Market  
  • July 30, 2010: New Performance Analyzer  
  • July 30, 2010, New Performance Analyzer  
  • June 27, 2010: RIMM Risk Realized  
  • June 20, 2010: Somme Equities Trigger Reentries  
  • June 12, 2010: Normal Risk Equities  
  • June 5, 2010: A Canary In The Coal Mine  
  • May 27, 2010: What Do I Do Now?  
  • February 20, 2009  

    Additional Resources

  • Risk Based Position Sizing Calculator SmartStops.net
  • The Concept of Financial Market Awareness Minyanville
  • Introduction To Technical Analysis Investopia
  • A Beginner's Guide To Hedging Investopia

    Risk Management News

    1. What investors may see as the Fed withdraws its market stimulus

      According to the article, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke and his team of governors are trying to find the easiest way forward that will allow the institution to both gradually withdraw its stimulus program and avoid sparking a broad sell-off in the stock market.

    2. Investors can use risk management tools to overcome fear

      On April 10, USA Today published an article entitled "Is fear factor hurting returns of risk-averse investors?" which discussed how investor sentiment about the markets has not yet turned positive despite the recent all-time highs seen in the Dow Jones and S&P 500.

    3. The myth of the great investor

      In a recent "Investment Outlook" commentary posted on his company's blog, Gross looked back on his tenure in the world of finance.