Financial Risk Management For Dummies

Learn to:

Recognise financial risk and successfully manage it Analyse the different risk methodologies and apply them effectively to your situation Utilise complex risk management tools such as stop losses, drawdown control and hedging Build upon your success by complying with risk regulations and understanding risk reporting

Take the risk out of financial management

Frazzled by financial management? Through easy–to–follow instruction, this friendly guide shows you how to manage risk, firstly by understanding it and then by taking control of it. Plus, you′ll discover how to measure and value financial risk, set limits, stop losses, control breakdowns and hedge bets.

Tackle risk head–on find out how to take charge of risk, manage your financial risk and work as a financial risk manager Stop stressing discover how to measure your financial risk, prep yourself for anything that may come your way and get comfortable with pushing the boundaries Know that the sky′s the limit manage your financial risk by setting limits, stopping losses, controlling drawdowns and hedging bets Work it get the lowdown on working in financial institutions, from understanding how traders work to making sense of portfolio management and everything in between Talk the talk communicate risk, deal with regulations and avoid the ′Tower of Babel′

Open the book and find:

How to work with financial risk Ways to set and understand limits The ins and outs of portfolio management Everything you need to know about managing asset risk How to help regulators (and yourself) Ten great risk managers in history Risk management tips you can′t be without

Aaron Brown is managing director and risk manager at AQR Capital Management and the 2011 GARP Risk Manager of the Year. He wrote Red–Blooded Risk and The Poker Face of Wall Street. He was named Financial Educator of the Year by the readers of Wilmott Magazine and his website won a Forbes Best of the Web award for Theory and Practice of Investing.