Risk!

Today we're talking about [lower case] risk

We are going to try and learn about technical risk ratios. Some fun reading can be found here.

When trying to use alpha or beta or any of the other technical risk ratios, programs like SigFig that can analyze a portfolio assume that you you have a diversified portfolio to begin with. We've been working hard to try and keep things nice and diverse, so that means we can try and use these tools to help us out and avoid unsystematic risk.

The technical risk ratios are a part of Modern Portfolio Theory--and if it's like anything "modern" that probably means the sixties. But we'll have to save that for another time. 

Profit!