Hedging aims to reduce risk from market drops, interest rate hikes, or currency changes by taking offsetting positions. Speculation, by comparison, focuses on profit from price moves and catalysts but ...

Peter Gratton, M.A.P.P., Ph.D., is a New Orleans-based editor and professor with over 20 years of experience in investing, risk management, and public policy. Peter began covering markets at Multex ...

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Hedging portfolios is complex; the primary concern is systemic risk, especially for clients holding indices like the S&P 500. This article covers a hedging strategy that employs options as an overlay ...

Consistent market volatility has become the new normal for traders. Everything from geopolitical conflicts to erratic policy decisions to unprecedented news cycles has markets swinging in ways that ...

Managed-futures strategies tend to 'do well when volatility starts to rise and keeps going,' says Rob Sorrentino, president of Eckhardt Trading Co. Eckhardt Trading Co., founded by longtime ...

A detailed analysis examines various methods to protect investments when market downturns occur. The article reviews several techniques and provides insight into how each strategy works. Investors can ...

Buying cheap put options on horrible stocks to hedge long positions can be profitable. Put options offer unlimited gains and limited losses compared to short positions, making them a possibly better ...

For individuals aspiring to become options traders, here are six of the best books that offer help in understanding and profiting from the options markets.

Investors are seeking S&P 500 downside protection as rate cuts shift focus to growth concerns. Hedging strategies include options contracts, indicating the smart money is bracing for volatility. S&P ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Players in the $1.4 trillion (860 billion pound) hedge fund industry employ a huge array of tactics in their efforts to maximise returns. Below is a summary of the main strategies ...

Eckhardt Trading Co., founded by longtime managed-futures trader Bill Eckhardt, is branching out into the mutual-fund world with a strategy often associated with hedge funds. The Quantified Eckhardt ...