pbA fresh approach to managing risk in the most challenging market conditionsbr br biStrategic Risk Management ipresents an innovative approach to portfolio design. Often the risk management function is a series of tripwires that are activated after the portfolio is already in trouble. iStrategic Risk Managementi presents a framework that seeks to integrate the initial portfolio design and the risk management function. Much of the book's research was conducted pre-COVID-19 the market selloff in March 2020 offers a unique out of sample experiment that provides evidence supportive of the approach.br br A crucial ingredient in this integrative design is to understand the performance of various investment strategies in stressful market conditions. The book begins by measuring the performance of various assets and strategies that purport to provide hedging abilities such as put options and long gold positions. While put options are an extremely reliable, few would want to give up 700 basis