February 13, 2015

Risk and Uncertainty

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This series of articles will provide an introduction to risk and uncertainty, and discuss tools and strategies that can be used to mitigate risk and uncertainty.

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What is Risk and Uncertainty

January 13, 2015

This article, the first in a series of articles, discusses the distinctions between risk and uncertainty. This distinction is very important when deciding the appropriate tools and strategies to use to cope with risk and uncertainty

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Measuring Risk and Uncertainty

February 13, 2015

This article, second in a series of articles, described two risk measures, variability and downside risk, that are commonly used. Using a case farm in west central Indiana that produced corn and soybeans, variability and downside risk were higher for corn than for soybeans.

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