Luckily, market conditions are shaping up to give traders an inexpensive way to
hedge against this potential loss, says Goldman Sachs.
If you think it's time to rebalance your assets to
hedge against potential losses, consider taking your dividends in cash and investing in other securities.
Not exact matches
The Strategic Growth Fund remains fully
hedged, with the same «staggered strike» position we had at the 2007 peak, which strengthens our defense
against potential market
losses by raising the strike prices of our defensive put options, at a cost of just over 1 % of assets in additional put premium (which is relatively inexpensive with the CBOE volatility index currently at about 17).
Hedging against currency fluctuations can help guard
against potential losses a strong dollar could bring.
Hedging against currency fluctuations can help guard
against potential losses a strong dollar could bring.
> 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 short, we are well
hedged against the
potential for significant market
losses, but with the implied volatility on index options fairly low, we've used shorter - term market fluctuations to modify our
hedges in a way that better allows for any extension of the market's advance.