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 ...

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 ...

Cost basis is the original value of an investment. This helps you determine your gains or losses. It’s useful for determining whether your investments are profitable. This is important for taxes as ...

This article was written by David Mullen, Product Manager for Core Fixed-Income Analytics, and Fateen Sharaby, Business Manager for Index-Linked Products at Bloomberg. Credit futures, which started ...