The remaining 20 % -30 % in cash equivalents continues to provide value as a buffer
against downside volatility, as well as serve as a storage place until it is time to acquire assets at more attractive prices.
Not exact matches
Having a higher weighting in bonds and a lower weighting in stocks has, in the past, lowered the
volatility in your portfolio while also providing some
downside protection
against large losses.
«When upside is limited, you want to find a strategy to mitigate
downside and protect
against volatility.»
The fund's stated goal is to generate absolute returns while lowering
volatility and protecting itself
against downside risk.
When you hold a particularly risky stock (one that can quickly swing high or low in price) or during times when the stock market as a whole is experiencing a lot of
volatility, put options can act as insurance
against downside risk.
As a result, it has a lot more
downside volatility than the average long - short fund (it was down 34 % in 2008, for example, compared with 15 % for its peers) but also a more explosive upside (gaining 42 % in 2009
against 10 % for its peers).
During periods of high
volatility, the Portfolio Manager will write (or sell) a call option
against some of its positions in order to hedge
downside risk, while generating an income stream from the sale of options.
I think it makes a lot of sense to denominate a hedge fund in a cryptocurrency, the only
downside is [potential]
volatility against fiat.
Being able to protect
against downside risk in a Bitcoin market that is making unbelievable highs on unprecedented
volatility, will ease trader's concerns about the so called «Bubble» bursting, and Bitcoin losing all of its value overnight.