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What is a Bailout?

The Big Picture

That was the best definition I could come up with: “ When an individual or company, through their own behavior and risk management, suffers a disastrous loss — but is then somehow made fully (or even partially) whole, and they do not have to suffer the impact of their own decision-making.” 3 Previously : Déjà Vu?

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Is Risk Listing a Reliable Risk Management Practice?

Risk Management Guru

Risk management can be defined as the “process which aims to help organizations understand, evaluate and take action on all their risks with a view to increasing the probability of success and reducing the likelihood of failure” (Hopkin, 2010, p. Limitations of Risk Listing. Introduction.

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Transcript: Julian Salisbury, GS

The Big Picture

And then I moved back to London at the end of 2008, which was a really interesting pivot. At the end of 2008, we owned a lot of illiquid assets. And there was a problem with 168 of them at the end of 2008. It was the year I made partner, actually, in 2008. We just get to focus on assets and asset risk management.

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Stepping on a Rake

Advisor Perspectives

The year 2008 and the subsequent Global Financial Crisis (GFC) stand as a watershed moment in the annals of our capitalist society. It was a bailout prompted by poor capital allocation, deficient risk management, and unchecked greed.

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Midyear Outlook 2022 | Navigating Turbulence | July 12, 2022

James Hendries

So far, this year hasn’t seen a full-blown crisis like 2008–2009 or 2020, but the ride has been very bumpy. GENERAL RISK DISCLOSURES. Investing involves risks including possible loss of principal. No investment strategy or risk management technique can guarantee return or eliminate risk in all market environments.

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Is Managed Futures The Next Iomega?

Random Roger's Retirement Planning

It's tough to see on the chart but the stock got a take- under offer in 2008 for less than $4/share. A popular strategy dropping 95% is far less likely, probably impossible, than a popular stock but something, not sure what, could cause managed futures to severely underwhelm the way MLPs and REITs did during the financial crisis.

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60/40.60?

Random Roger's Retirement Planning

Two of the three where Portfolio 1 outperformed were 2008 and 2022 which supports the idea of managed futures offering a form of crisis alpha. Actually allocating 60% to some sort of diversifier seems like poor risk management. The 10% weighting to BTAL takes nowhere near the risk of 60% into managed futures obviously.