Steven Nickolas is a writer and has 10+ years of experience working as a consultant to retail and institutional investors. Gordon Scott has been an active investor and technical analyst or 20+ years.

Value-at-risk is defined as the loss level that will not be exceeded with a certain confidence level during a certain period of time. For example, if a bank’s 10-day 99% VAR is \$3 million, there is ...

Peter Gratton, Ph.D., is a New Orleans-based editor and professor with over 20 years of experience in investing, risk management, and public policy. Peter began covering markets at Multex (Reuters) ...

Let's start with what seems like a pretty basic question: Which team has the best offense in the NFL? How about the best defense? Special teams? Although opinions on these matters can vary wildly, the ...

Football clubs calculate 'expected goals' to help analyse their performances, but what exactly does this mean? With the help of analytics expert Rory Campbell, Adam Bate looks at the detail and why it ...

Running the football -- advancing your team closer to the end zone by using your strength, speed, elusiveness and intelligence to literally carry the ball from one spot on the field to another -- is ...

Expected goals (xG) measures the quality of a chance by calculating the likelihood it will be scored from a particular position on the pitch during a particular phase of play. This value is based on ...

Whether you’re a novice bettor or a seasoned veteran, you’ve almost certainly heard of positive expected value betting. After all, there are betting influencers and podcast hosts who talk about the ...