Not exact matches
Maybe they have a strong psychological bias
against occasional whipsaw
losses and do not mind
bear market drawdowns.
In some
bear markets a broadly diversified, globally diversified portfolio protects investors
against huge
losses, like 2000 - 2002, but most big
bear markets are more like 2007 - 2009 when almost all equity asset classes fell.
The Swan Defined Risk Strategy (DRS) * is designed to seek consistent returns, while seeking protection
against major
bear market losses, with a reliable performance track record since 1997.
We understand you can't invest in risk assets and simultaneously protect
against both smaller, short - term
losses (corrections) and larger, longer - term
losses (
bear markets) and given the difference in the nature and impacts of corrections versus
bear markets, we've chosen to seek protection from the latter.
Options investors are paying twice this decadeís average to protect
against losses in U.S. stocks through 2011, signaling the
bear market that already wiped out $ 10.4 trillion of equity value may last two more years.