Key Points

• Sound investing comes down to focusing on what you can control, while still maintaining a solid understanding the risks associated with what you cannot.
• Risk Management involves understanding and controlling for the uncertainties related to the financial markets (systematic risk) or a particular company (idiosyncratic risk).
• Risk-adjusted return can be quantified by the ratio of expected return divided by risk.
• Volatility is a common, although imperfect measure of risk.

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