Risk is not an absolute. It is ever changing with many shifting variables. That is why risk is so hard to succinctly and accurately verbalize with most investors not knowing how to express their very ...

You’ve got a limited budget to spend on IT security measures. Wouldn’t it be nice to have an advisor tell you precisely how to apply your resources to improve the security of your infrastructure and ...

Risk at a nuclear power plant can take many forms. Operators are concerned about factors that impact consistent, efficient energy production. Engineers are concerned about component reliability, ...

Credit risk is defined as the probability that a bank borrower or counterparty will fail to meet their obligations in accordance with agreed terms. The goal of credit risk management is to maximize a ...

The National Committee for Quality Assurance announced plans to assess a new tool for measuring quality that will draw on clinical information from EHRs. Under a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson ...

When it comes to investing, how do you measure risk? originally appeared on Quora: the place to gain and share knowledge, empowering people to learn from others and better understand the world. Answer ...

The Geneva Risk and Insurance Review, Vol. 36, No. 2 (December 2011), pp. 174-188 (15 pages) This paper studies a risk measure inherited from ruin theory and investigates some of its properties.

Given that heart disease is the number one cause of death in the U.S., it’s important to know what your risk is. Maybe you already know some of the factors that can put you at increased risk: having ...

Factors linked to heart problems, such as high blood pressure, diabetes and bad cholesterol levels, can start years, ...