Further an active risk management strategy has resulted in reducing the cost volatility.

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As I explained in a book I co-authored some time ago, in an environment like this bankers have grown up as abacus bankers, record keepers of money flows who derive income from seigniorage, from the passive creation of money through interest bearing-loans and government-backed securities rather than from true banking, and from active risk management.

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Active management adds another layer of risk on top of market risk.

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Disciplined risk management should be the hallmark of every active trader.

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While conclusive truth in the securities markets is impossible to find, the overwhelming evidence suggests that active management reliably generates increased cost, tax, and risk while reducing returns.

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In the current economic conditions, amid much uncertainty while the financial markets recover, indexed investments diversify the risk associated with investing in fewer specific assets and cost less to the investor than active management strategies.

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In 2004 alone, over 6, 000 active and retired AstraZeneca employees who were identified as high-risk for chronic diseases received free condition-management telephone consultations.

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