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Thank You Harry Markowitz
It’s just human nature that no one wants to hear about reducing risk when there’s a bull market going on.
However, the minute the markets take a turn for the worse, and people start to realize their investment losses, the concept of risk reduction suddenly becomes an important topic.
So kudos to Stock, Futures and Options Magazine [...]