Sentences with phrase «hedging against investment»

OR invest the money into say some small cap index fund and buy a double short option of that index expiring in 1 + years to hedge against your investment.

Not exact matches

Sohn is one of the most anticipated hedge fund events of the year, where managers volunteer their time and best investment ideas to raise money in the fight against childhood cancer.

The four conglomerates originated in different sectors, but their underlying business model is the same: cultivate powerful allies in the Communist Party; use those relationships to win regulatory and property concessions; gather investment from friends, family and other proxies of party elites into a murky, unregulated private holding company; borrow heavily from state - owed banks and other sources to finance prodigious growth plans; invest as aggressively as possible in stock and property overseas as a hedge against slower growth in China and the risk of a weaker Chinese currency.

By allocating your investments between the Security Bucket and the Risk Bucket, you hedge your bets against market volatility, which is unavoidable.

Sohn is the most widely anticipated hedge - fund event of the year, where managers volunteer their time and best investment ideas to raise money in the fight against childhood cancer.

When Comcast initially invested $ 200 million in BuzzFeed in 2015, through its broadcast subsidiary NBCUniversal, it wasn't clear exactly what the cable conglomerate was looking for from its investment in the digital - only startup, except perhaps a hedge against the disruption of television and other forms of traditional media.

Wilmot runs through a bunch of investment strategies that might see renewed interest in light of these financial conditions, ranging from equity funds that offer some sort of hedge against volatility to big - data - driven quant funds.

(Bloomberg)-- An investment fund that's seeking a payout from the Cuban government on more than $ 1.3 billion in defaulted debt and back interest has hired the lawyer who won a settlement for hedge funds in a long - running legal battle against Argentina.

Central Asians even see China as a hedge against potential Russian aggression; they are keenly aware that Chinese investments and Moscow's growing dependency on Beijing raise the costs to Moscow of conducting any sort of destabilization campaign in the region, along the lines of what Russia has done in Ukraine.

The term «hedge fund» comes from the idea of hedging against the risk of losing money, or using investment strategies that can make money in any economic environment.

«Investing in bonds is a hedge against bad investment decisions.

As ProPublica detailed in 2010, Magnetar worked with investment banks to build CDOs that the hedge fund also bet against.

I like how you accept that investments are essentially a hedge against inflation rather than a means in themselves for building wealth.

The Long Term Equities group focused on investments, both public and private, with steady cash flow and growth potential that can hold their value and act as a hedge against inflation.

Stop - loss trading: Many traders deploy binary options as a procedure to efficiently hedge against their other investments.

This consolidation in the lithium industry is set to be the next investment theme as a vertical integration strategy offers the most opportunity and allows a hedge against commodity cycles and macro volatility.

As the Federal Reserve eyes a tighter monetary policy with higher rates ahead, exchange traded fund investors do not have to rely solely on tradition investment options to hedge against rising rate risks.

Like any other investment, gold isn't a sure thing, but history shows it's the best hedge against financial crises.

Exxon Mobil also has adopted a proxy price for carbon, in some cases as high as $ 80 per ton of CO2, to hedge against future government regulation of carbon and help guide company decisionmaking around infrastructure investments and other capital spending.

The usual explanation is evolutionary: because women have a bigger investment in reproduction — they are the ones who have to endure pregnancy, childbirth and breast - feeding — they need to hedge their bets against selecting a dud to be the father.

The company's higher - than - average exposure to equities and its high combined ratio make the company a mediocre choice for an investment hedge against rising interest rates.

Complementing traditional investments, Ross points out that real estate is less volatile (unlike stocks, it's not marked to market every day); provides diversification with a favorable balance of risk versus return; is favorably taxed via capital gains tax treatment and interest deductibility; generates returns similar to the stock market and «often more»; provides principal protection; a hedge against inflation and a pension - like «monthly coupon.»

Variable investments with either life insurance OR an annuity may have its place as a hedge against inflation AS DOES a safe bucket investment as a hedge against inevitable economic downturns and part of a solid asset protection plan.

Commodities and currencies are considered riskier investments, and they can do even more to hedge against inflation.

You don't have to get so exotic for hedging either - just keeping some % of your investments in cash hedges against stock losses.

> Even better, insurance for your investments comes free It really isn't free - any hedging strategy sacrifices some potential gains to shield against potential losses.

In my opinion, there are three major pros when it comes to gold investment: (1) It is a quality hedge against a down market, (2) it will still have value if paper currency inflates, and (3) there is an apparent upside to its value vs. prior years.

Liquid Alternatives are simply hedge fund strategies wrapped in a mutual fund format... From a practical standpoint, investors should view these strategies as a way to diversify either bond or stock holdings in order to provide non-correlated returns to their investment portfolios, cushion portfolios against downside risks, and improve risk - adjusted returns.

This type of investment is also an excellent option to hedge against inflation as well as in diversifying your investment portfolio and if you're on the right side of the trade, you can actually make significant profit from it.

However, by using various types of investments, you can effectively hedge against your risks.

By diversifying your investments and sources of retirement income, you are able to hedge against some or all of the risks in retirement, which may include:

But, because of that, our investment committee has made some very interesting and innovative moves to hedge against extra rising interest rates within our bond portfolios.

The strategy of having a variety of investments in your financial portfolio to hedge and balance against the investments already in it.

If the investment you are hedging against makes money, you will have typically reduced the profit you could have made, and if the investment loses money, your hedge, if successful, will reduce that loss.

Apart from being treated as a safe bet, hedge against inflation and dollar, in the last few years it has been treated as the best investment option by central banks, billionaires, investors, portfolio managers and even by speculators.

Protect your principal and hedge your portfolio against that ride with an investment in I - Bonds.

IGHG and HYHG seek to hedge investment grade bonds and high yield bonds, respectively, against the negative impact of rising rates by taking short positions in Treasury futures.

During any period when the Canadian dollar rises in value (whether against the U.S. dollar or some other foreign currency), using ETFs with currency hedging will lead to higher returns in your foreign equity investments.

Hedging with Bonds — Short - term bond funds make for a great way to protect your investment capital when the market turns against risk assets.

For one, they are able to hedge against more speculative investments inside the portfolio.

If you are looking for a hedge against inflation, an Intraday trading play, an alternative investment class or a commercial hedge, gold and silver futures contracts can be a viable way to meet your needs.

*** But even if you are approaching retirement, you may still need to maintain some growth - oriented investments as a hedge against inflation.

Strong long - term total returns, combined with other key investment characteristics such as liquidity, high dividend yields, their potential to increase diversification and to hedge against Read more -LSB-...]

7Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate ex-USD Bond Index provides a broad - based measure of the international investment - grade bond market hedged against the U.S. dollar.

(ETF Trends: Dec 6, 2013) ETF Trends» Tom Lydon talks to ProShares» Head of Investment Strategy Joanne Hill about using ETFs to hedge against rising rates.

Fortunately, those who want to hedge their investments against interest rate risk have many products to choose from.

He highlighted ProShares Investment Grade — Interest Rate Hedged ETF (IGHG) and ProShares High Yield — Interest Rate Hedged ETF (HYHG), which have built - in hedges against the effects of rising rates.

This is probably best left to the professionals — in fact, Japanese property investment might be an interesting way to fund / hedge widely touted (& v painful) bets against the JPY & JGBs.]

IGHG seeks to hedge investment grade bonds against the negative impact of rising rates by taking short positions in Treasury futures.

As such, many methods have been developed over time to help hedge against the risk that is inherent in these investments.