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...financial markets in recent days, this failure to get a grip on risk is as good a one as any. Many analysts attributed the mini-panic that began in Shanghai to a sudden change in investor "risk appetite." But why now? What suddenly made everybody see the future as riskier...
...stores have figured out how to cut the clothing cycle down from six months to six weeks, so their racks are constantly replenished with fresh styles still wet from the runway. Gap, on the other hand, with its huge operations and slower reaction times, has been forced into the riskier business of guessing up front how a season's trends will play out (skinny jeans? newsboy caps?) and making huge bets on a few ideas...
...systems analysts--make problems more likely to spread to other players, such as Wall Street banks, especially since hedge funds often leverage their investments, which magnifies gains. Or losses. "In most areas, risk goes down over time--airplanes are safer, GDP is more stable--but financial markets have gotten riskier," says Rick Bookstaber, a hedge-fund manager who is writing a book on the topic. "Financial engineering has actually created more risk by adding complexity." Since the summer, the Treasury Department has been meeting with regulators, investors and hedge-fund managers to study this sort of systemic risk...
...elected the council’s president the following year.Greenfield likened picking a running mate to finding a spouse: Some are matches of “love,” while others are of “convenience.” The first are often riskier pairings—such as a junior choosing a sophomore—and are based on friendship and a shared commitment to common goals. Those based on convenience are “driven by political expediency,” Greenfield says.IN, BUT NOT ENTRENCHEDLast year, then-sophomore Hadfield’s vice presidential...
...screw up, we liquidate the fund, return the diminished capital, and start the whole thing all over again. It’s a win-win-win. Q: So to get more fees, you always want to get bigger? A: Exactly. Q: But doesn’t getting bigger require riskier positions to generate the big returns your investors want? A: Yeah, but our models can handle that. Q: Then how’d you lose 5 billion in a week? A: Oops. Q: Seriously? A: At the end of the day, it’s just betting. Buying and selling...