A few market gyrations or some major stock declines in popular technology stocks will get you thinking about risk again. Here are some reminders on risk and its role in investing; and how you can manage it.

Active management is a loser’s game, which will only get tougher to win going forward. Swedroe and Berkin dive into the de4creasing pool of available alpha in their book, “The Incredible Shrinking Alpha.” Read our review.