A Primer on Post-2008 Risk Management

Perusing The New York Times mobile site, as I do on infrequent mornings when I'm not by my hard copy, I came across this piece on risk, asset diversity and retirement by Tara Siegel Bernard. The article tried to use the recent JPMorgan Chase (JPM) $3 billion trading loss as an example of mistaken risk management that common investors might learn from. On that premise alone, the piece was silly.