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Monthly Archives: January 2013
Ed Altman on Companies that May Face Bankruptcy in 2013
At the 12th annual Corporate & Sovereign Credit Market Outlook luncheon, NYU Stern Professor Ed Altman offered his predictions as to the types of companies that will likely face bankruptcy in 2013. Altman, quoted in Reuters, notes that mid-market defense … Continue reading
Posted in Bankruptcy, Credit Risk, Market Risk, NYU Stern
Tagged bankruptcy, Ed Altman, NYU Stern
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Stephen Brown’s Research on the Dow Theory is Featured
NYU Stern Professor Stephen Brown’s research on the Dow Theory was featured by the Wall Street Journal’s, Market Watch. Brown, along with two finance professors, William Goetzmann of Yale University, and Alok Kumar of the University of Miami analyzed over … Continue reading
Posted in Credit Risk, Market Risk, NYU Stern, Webinar
Tagged Dow Theory, Stephen Brown, Webinar
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Dialogue from Davos: World Economic Forum Predicts a Slow Global Recovery
Top economists, politicians, and global leaders assemble in chilly Davos, Switzerland at 2013’s World Economic Forum(WEF) to discuss prospects for the global economy. NYU Stern Professor Michael Spence was noted in the Financial Times discussing some elements of WEF’s policy … Continue reading
Posted in Foreign Exchange Risk, Market Risk, Sovereign Risk, Systemic Risk
Tagged Davos, fiscal austerity, Michael Spence, WEF, World Economic Forum
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China Could Still Be the Biggest Risk for Markets in 2013
NYU Stern Professor Nouriel Roubini and Ian Bremmer, president of political risk firm Eurasia Group, spoke at a Thomson Reuters Newsmaker event in New York. Both discussed emerging markets and China’s role as the biggest risk factor in the global … Continue reading
Posted in Market Risk, Sovereign Risk, Systemic Risk
Tagged China, Nouriel Roubini, political risk
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Possible US Credit Downgrade? More Joys from the Fiscal Cliff
NYU Stern Professor Lawrence White was featured on Bloomberg TV discussing the impact of the fiscal cliff and its repercussions on the US’s credit rating. Currently at AAA rating, White argues that the US could see a credit downgrade to … Continue reading
Posted in Credit Risk, Market Risk, NYU Stern, Sovereign Risk, Systemic Risk
Tagged credit risk, debt ceiling, fiscal cliff, Lawrence White, risk management
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