Discover how futures contracts can hedge against market risks, protect investments, and stabilize portfolios with effective ...

Futures are financial contracts obligating the buyer to purchase an asset or the seller to sell an asset at a predetermined ...

Hedge funds thrive off volatility, but for the average investor, it can be a daunting task to manage market fluctuations without the assistance of hedging strategies that these funds employ.

As a trader, I am always on the lookout for opportunities in the market, and lately, the Japanese Yen ETF (FXY) has caught my attention. The Yen has been particularly volatile recently, with a massive ...

Brazil’s weather caused some excitement in the soybean market this week. One day forecasts showed no rain, and the next it did. Until late January, farmers should expect South America’s weather ...

Traders of interest-rate options are harboring the same doubts as Wall Street strategists when it comes to bets that the Federal Reserve will pivot to interest-rate cuts within months. In the past ...

Options on futures are a kind of contract that gives an investor the right to buy or sell futures at a specific price in a specific period. Options on futures, therefore, layer the "optionality" of ...

Hedge funds have dumped the equivalent of 201 million barrels of oil over the past several weeks. The selloff in petroleum-related options and futures is being fueled by growing recession fears. The ...

CHICAGO, Dec 1 (Reuters) - Options on exchange-traded funds tracking a basket of stocks on an index have become a hot item among hedge funds, who use them as an inexpensive way to protect portfolios ...

Catalyst Funds is a decade-old alternative asset management firm with 25 mutual funds and $5.8 billion in assets under management. While the company does have some more traditional long-only equity ...