After getting my MBA way back, I have been working for financial services companies, primarily as a risk analyst of sorts. After 45+ years of ups and downs and experiencing increasingly complex financial market risk stresses, I woke up one day and suddenly realized I still did not know what I wanted to do when I grew up.

The fact that I have lasted so many years in the intensely competitive environment meant I have done OK throughout these years, but I also recognized that what some elements of the work I do are much more fun and thus enjoyable than the others. 

Looking forward, I would like to focus more on the elements of risk and financial analysis that I think would be “fun and hopefully life enhancing”, as opposed to “accurate, short-term optimizing and high-performance.” …and here, I would like to take advantage of the new toys– statistical and data visualization tools and methodologies– that I am learning as a part of getting an MS degree in Data Visualization and Analysis at CUNY Graduate Center.

I would like to explore what I mean by fun and enriching risk and economic assessments throughout this blog!