In addition to the day job here at The Capital Spectator, your editor is now a contributing writer for a series of columns for The Milwaukee Company on risk, portfolio management and the usual suspects that generally fall under the heading of the money game. The agenda is broad, the raw material for analysis is endless, and the journey still begins with a first step. In this case, it’s a brief primer on applying basic risk metrics to portfolios in the cause of separating the wheat from the chaff.