Tag: hedging
Why It’s Not Too Late To Protect Your Portfolio
A few years ago there was an Interactive Broker (IBKR) commercial that used to run with frequency showing a woman arriving late for dinner saying, “Sorry, the market’s a mess, it’s down 2% and everyone’s selling, I needed to get some hedges on.” Can you imagine a 2% decline inducing a rush to hedge? What […]
How To Protect Yourself Against The Next Market Crash
The New Year is rapidly approaching, but instead of a Santa Claus Rally we’re mostly just seeing further declines in stock prices. The S&P 500 is already down about 6% in December alone – and has dropped nearly 3% for the year. That’s hardly the year most were expecting 2018 to be. Unfortunately for stock […]
How You Can Protect Your Stock Market Gains
The markets have been on fire over the last couple of weeks. Since the route ended last month, the Dow and S&P 500 have climbed over 9%. And the NASDAQ is up a massive 11%! But despite the market’s strong performance, it may not yet be out of the woods. If the EU fails to […]
Three Ways To Hedge The Market
It’s no secret the markets are struggling right now. In the last six weeks, the markets are down over 10%. It’s the first 10% correction in over a year. The markets are highly volatile. We’ve seen a number of 200 and 300 point daily swings. And who can forget the 1,000 point mini-meltdown. Investors have […]
Use ETF’s For Long-Short Trading Strategy
As an investment banker I regularly met with a number of professional investors. Each one of these pros had a unique style and focus. They included hedge funds, mutual funds, vulture funds, money market funds, debt funds, real estate funds. And even funds of funds! What always amazes me is one simple fact. There are […]
