The following was written by Beaumont Vance and taken from Risk Management Reports (July 2007):
The next time someone at a cocktail party asks what you do for a living, say you increase profit through fortune telling. If nothing else, it will lead to a more interesting conversation than you would have if you replied, “I am a risk manager.” And if you think about it, the statement is actually true.
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