Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

When it comes to managing a portfolio with hundreds of millions or billions of dollars, it’s important to have a firm handle on risk. Specifically, fund managers need to calculate the Value at Risk ...

Downside risk refers to the potential for an investment to decrease in value. Unlike general risk, which considers both upward and downward price movements, downside risk focuses solely on the ...

The liquidation value of a company represents the total value of its assets if the company were to go out of business and liquidate its assets to pay off debts. For investors, understanding a ...