Description: “Many commentators have suggested that firms need to do stress tests to examine their vulnerability to adverse situations that are not within the data set used to parameterize their risk models. We suggest the adop¬tion of a terminology to describe stress tests and also a meth¬odology that can be adopted by any risk model user to test and communicate a test of the stability of model results.”

Description: Feature article discussing arithmetic means.

Description: The August 2013 issue of Risks & Rewards newsletter—a member benefit for the Investment Section of the Society of Actuaries.

Description: Update to section members on recent initiatives: professional development tool EBSCO Business Source Corporate Plus; Investment Symposium; Investment Contest.

Description: 2013 Investment Contest challenges section members to assemble an asset portfolio which will prevail in one of three risk/return metrics.

Description: This article provides a view on financial market dynamics and how this view can be applied to the Japanese public equity markets today.

Description: Reviews anecdotal evidence that the current shift to passive investing is an indication that investors are irrationally ignoring market risk.

Description: Read the February 2020 issue of Risks & Rewards newsletter published by the Investment Section. Newsletters provide practical information for the working actuary, articles on trends that impact sections and news about section activities.

Description: This article is part of a 2 part series on real options analysis (ROA). Before you can understand the limitations of ROA, you must first understand the difference between risk and uncertainty. This article goes into detail explaining the vast differences between the two phenomena.

Description: Feature article discussing the current state of interest rates globally.