Why Multi-Factor Stress Testing is so Powerful
The global financial market is inherently complex and dynamic, and it is susceptible to a wide range of risks, including geopolitical tensions, economic uncertainty, and natural disasters, among others.
Stress Testing the Bear Market Rally & Emerging Markets Hard Landing
As the market roars higher and many experts are surprised, we take a look at how financial adivsors can discusss these events with clients. Markets are going up with recession in the economy, declining oil price, declining housing and significant softness in the data out of China.
Watch Video to Learn How Portfolio Stress Testing Works
Stress testing is front page news. The Fed stress tests banks, large institutions stress test their portfolios and now financial advisors are using stress testing for their clients.
Stress Testing As a Distinction Between Clairvoyants and Risk Managers
Stress Testing As a Distinction Between Clairvoyants and Risk Managers Bill Graham, the father of value investing and the co-author of the infamous book Security Analysis, said: “The essence of...Read More
3 Advantages of Stress Testing vs. Traditional Risk Measures
Portfolio Stress Testing is a useful method for determining how a portfolio will fare during periods of financial crises. The financial crises scenarios are modeled and may include historical events (e.g. 2008-like scenario) and events that we have not observed yet.
The One Reason Stress Testing is Vital to Financial Advisors
Stress testing is widely used by institutional investors. However, with recent advances in computing power this tool has become accessible to advisors as well. Stress testing allows the user to...Read More
Et tu Europe? How to Stress Test Europe For Your Client Portfolios…
Everyone pays attention to Jerome Powell and the Fed. But ECB has now joined the anti-party, effectively announcing 75 basis points rate increase and signaling more to come.
3 Steps to Growing Your Financial Advisory Practice With Portfolio Crash Testing
What is Risk Management? Risk management is top of mind for RIAs and their clients these days. No longer an exclusive province of quant managers, it is discussed regularly in...Read More
Add or Create your own Custom Stress Tests
How to change scenarios How to create a Custom Stress Test PortfolioCrashTest has always been able to choose different scenarios to stress test your portfolios. However, in PCTpro you can...Read More
Panademic Stress Test
We have written a lot about the potential for market corrections and scenarios that may disrupt the decade long bull market. The Coronavirus is the most tangible example of a short-term threat to the market’s long upward climb. And our clients, keenly aware of the potential for market disruption, have asked us to create a Coronavirus stress scenario for Portfolio Crash Testing Pro