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"RiskGrades... relies on sophisticated Wall Street concepts and might seem more complicated to use than Morningstar's Portfolio X-Rays. But in the end, the analysis is simpler." www.accessmagazine.com - April 2001

"With technology and telecoms stocks crashing around investors' ears and the UK stock market slumping to its lowest point for more than two years, assessing how risky your shares are has never been so important. That is why RiskGrades, created by RiskMetrics to measure and compare risk, can be such a useful tool for investors." Money Observer - April 2001

"Finding out how "safe" your shares are can be a real eye-opener. The fact that a company has been around for years does not make it a sure-fire thing for an investor. You might be surprised to know that BAE Systems has a higher RiskGrade than LastMinute...................These examples highlight 2 factors: First, taking account of risk should be an important part of any decision to buy or sell shares. And second, dramatic swings in RiskGrades should set alarm bells ringing." Independent - 28 Jan 2001

"For risk-averse private bank clients www.riskgrades.com has recently introduced a risk alarm service which alerts investors if their holdings rise above a designated risk level, measured using variables such as the stock price volatility over set periods. Investors may also use this to check whether private bank's staff are notifying them when a share's riskiness rises above the client's risk tolerance level" Investor's Week - 4 Jan 2001

"Best Of The Web - Money: Investment Research."  US News, December 4, 2000 

"Top 10 Investment Web Sites. Most investors pay more attention to return than risk. As we’ve seen in this year’s rocky stock market, that’s a big mistake. Find out just how risky your portfolio is at www.riskgrades.com. "   Morningstar.com, November 30, 2000

"Without divining what exactly a fund owns, the system simply distills risk down to the likelihood of finding a severe change in its value on a given day.  ...  Running a few notable funds through the rating bath can be a useful check on what an investor's putting on the line for a given dollar of investment gains." Barron's, October 23, 2000

"…if you want serious analytics – and we mean institutional-quality stuff you typically can get only from the big boys on Wall Street – then read on. … Confident that you’ve minimized the risk in your portfolio? If you want to sleep better at night, get a risk assessment at Riskgrades.com." Fortune, September 18, 2000

"Has the volatility of the stock market got you worried about the riskiness of your portfolio? At riskgrades.com you can punch in your portfolio holdings and get a free online risk assessment of your investments." Time, July 3, 2000

"If you want to know how risky your portfolio is, or which of your holdings are more likely to fall in value, RiskMetrics has developed a free-web based system to risk-grade securities. Riskgrades gives investors a one-stop risk-weighting to their portfolio." Investors Chronicle, June 23, 2000

"Riskgrades.com is among the most easily accessible of the sites we sampled. Its simple, five-question risk evaluation asks where your money is invested now. It’s a useful tool for finding the meek who may think they are more aggressive with their portfolios than is the case." Investor’s Business Daily, June 7, 2000

"Volatility creates the need to compare risk versus reward. Along comes RiskMetrics – a company that measures risk by studying volatility -- to offer some free help for investors to look at how much they’re risking on this wild stock market ride." St. Louis Post-Dispatch, June 4, 2000

"A new and impressive Web-based service promises to offer a clue to the question of how risky is your portfolio? RiskMetrics has measuring portfolio risk for big financial institutions since 1994 and now sheds some light on investor risk. Riskgrades help investors combine risk and return to make proper investment decision." BusinessWeek, June 2, 2000

"If you bought stocks like Equant, Vodafone, AirTouch, Hikari Tsushin or the Nasdaq Composite Index near their highs, and are now telling friends you wish you understood financial hazards a bit better, it might be worth looking at riskgrades.com. It’s not as sexy as a video game, but for the compulsive investor – or worrywart – maneuvering around the site can be fun. Who knows, it might even save you a buck, franc, mark, yen or two." Wall Street Journal Europe, May 26, 2000

"Riskgrades.com, a brand new web site from the people who used to analyze portfolio risk for managers at J.P. Morgan, now helps you do your own diagnostics and see where you are positioned for the future." Reuters News Service (ran on AOL and Florida Sun-Sentinel), May 24, 2000

"There is no doubt that investing in stocks and shares is a risky business. The question is: how do you measure that risk? RiskMetrics launched an online tool designed to give private investors a clearer understanding of their investment risk profile." The Financial Times, May 24, 2000

"Now there is a simple and accurate way to assess your portfolio online. Ethan Berman, CEO of RiskMetrics, is here to explain why, given all this market volatility, it is more important than ever for investors to know how much risk they are taking on." Fox News: Your World, May 23, 2000

"Risk management experts, RiskMetrics, have launched a new investment tool on the internet to help private investors measure risk. Investors can make up their register their own portfolios or can create virtual portfolios to find out how risky it would be to invest in one particular stock or a basket of stocks." BBC Online, May 23, 2000

"With so many investors worried about plunging technology stocks and concerned about the recent falls on the stock market as a whole, RiskMetric’s launch of riskgrades.com, a site to help investors calculate how much risk they are taking on, is well timed." Mrs. Cohen.com, May 23, 2000