Sentences with phrase «investors against downside»

Both CDS and out - of - money put option can protect investors against downside risk, so they are related while not being mutually replaceable.

Not exact matches

His deep - value philosophy can be boiled down to four points: he's looking for high - quality stocks that protect against the downside; he wants businesses where short - term issues have caused investors to abandon the company; he wants to wait until valuations are «out - of - this - world» cheap, and he tries not to pay attention to macro issues like eurozone debt or Chinese growth.

At different times investors would like correlated returns when markets are rising, uncorrelated returns when they're falling, absolute returns during a correction, downside protection against a crash, the ability to go both long and short in a sideways market, the ability to be tactical and time the market at the inflection points and, of course, you have to consistently beat the market.

That's because increasing upside simultaneously decreases downside, all while building in a margin of safety (a buffer) that protects an investor against ending up «upside down» on an investment.

This type of fund allows investors to take advantage of long - term growth while hedging against downside movement in the markets.

Liquid alternatives can be a useful addition to any portfolio whether an investor is seeking a leveraged strategy to boost profits, a way to reduce risk and hedge against downside movement, or gain access to other assets like commodities.

Liquid alternatives can be a useful addition for any portfolio whether an investor is seeking a leveraged strategy to boost profits, trying to reduce risk and hedge against downside movement, or trying to gain access to other asset classes like commodities.

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.

That said, the survey also revealed that advisers and sponsors need to educate investors more about «protecting against the downside,» Thatch adds.

To directly hedge against equity market risk, investors traditionally buy put options to protect their downside.