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The all-new BMW M4 CSL

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 The all-new BMW M4 CSL: The Legend is Reborn To celebrate their 50th anniversary, BMW  GmbH presented their fans with a special edition car based on the high-performance  models. The new BMW M4 CSL combines old-school racing passion with the latest innovative technology to yield a beast of a car. Competition, Sport, Lightweight. In case you haven't figured out, that's what the CSL stands for. The car posses the next-level power and intelligent lightweight design, model-specific chassis upgrade on the two-seater configuration. The M4 CSL share similar performance specs with the BMW M4 GT3, the M4 CSL clocked the fastest Nurburgring's Nordschleife circuit lap times for a series produced BMW car. The beast boast 3.7 seconds from 0 - 100 km/h, and 10.7 seconds sprint from 0 - 200 km/h! BMW plan to produce a limited 1000 units of the lightweight beast, only weighing 1625 kg, giving it a power-to-weight ratio of 4.01kg/kW. Impressive. Significant amount of weight have been she...
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Don't confuse Volatility with Risk. A Risk Management Lesson

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  The securities markets offer endless possibilities to create wealth. I use securities instead of stock because there are many tradable  securities in the market, not just stocks , although stocks is what people are familiar with. There's a confusion between risk and volatility, and if your're confused, you're not the only one. I first came to a clear definition of risk and volatility in Michael Covel's book Trend Following Risk = possibility of a loss Volatility = Rate of change, in markets' context, price All investments carry risk ; that is, there's a possibility that you may lose your invested capital. Therefore, it is important to understand this before you venture into investing. Various asset classes have varying volatility; cryptocurrency is currently the most volatile assets classes whereas bonds have the least volatility. High volatility doesn't necessarily imply high risk; if the average volatility of a Rand is 20 cents, although it's 20% o...
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