Sentences with phrase «investors against the volatility»

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On Monday, Cramer wanted investors to keep an eye on the risky, leveraged funds that enable traders to bet against volatility, defined as the amount of uncertainty in the size and direction of changes in the market and most commonly tracked by the CBOE Volatility Indevolatility, defined as the amount of uncertainty in the size and direction of changes in the market and most commonly tracked by the CBOE Volatility IndeVolatility Index, or VIX.

Many experts caution investors against playing the sector short - term, as those often unpredictable cyclical highs and lows can increase volatility in a portfolio.

For our part, Thursday was difficult, as our largely defensive holdings were clearly out - of - favor, bank stocks (which we continue to avoid) shot higher on short covering, and option volatility declined as investors abandoned the desire to defend against losses.

This is a concern for investors using fixed income as a hedge against equity volatility.

How should investors protect against volatility?

CEO Tidjane Thiam told CNBC that investors who held shares of XIV had bet against at volatility at their own risk.

Scrambling to hedge their positions against further losses, investors bid up the prices of options, leading to the surge in the VIX, a gauge that measures the implied volatility of near - term S&P 500 index options.

Regardless of rate increases, fixed income should remain a consideration in investor portfolios to help act as a bulwark against equity volatility.

Fixed income investments can assist investors by providing a stable stream of income to a total portfolio and helping to diversify against volatility in more growth oriented investments such as shares.

But perhaps the most important reason to continue to hold bonds is that, rising rates or no, bonds still fulfill what for long - term investors is their most important function: They act as a bulwark against the volatility of the stock market.

Arguments against the long - term strategy state that investors forsake gains by riding out volatility rather than locking in gains, essentially timing the market.

By inspection, it's easy to see that the two major stock indices that Canadian investors will benchmark themselves against have volatilities between 7 % and 19 %, with the average likely being somewhere around 14 %.

The OCM Gold Fund is designed for investors desiring diversification of their investment portfolio with a gold related asset to hedge against currency devaluation or inflation and are willing to accept the risk and volatility associated with investments in gold and gold mining shares.

These investors believe that will lead to big gold returns that will provide them with a hedge against stock market volatility.

BlackRock Canada Expands its iShares» Minimum Volatility ETF Suite with Launch of CAD - Hedged Offering New funds offer investors flexibility to express their currency view while seeking to provide a cushion against potential market Volatility ETF Suite with Launch of CAD - Hedged Offering New funds offer investors flexibility to express their currency view while seeking to provide a cushion against potential market volatilityvolatility

In other words, investors can use single stock futures in place of stock to speculate or hedge against volatility risk of a particular stock.

Volatility returned with a vengeance... virtually evaporating vaults of value investors had ventured against the VIX and vexing voyeurs not envisioning vicissitude.

More and more investors are adding to their collections not only for the aesthetic value these works bring to their collections, but also as a hedge against inflation, economic uncertainty and market volatility.

«Exclusionary indexes don't allow investors who are concerned about fossil fuel volatility to protect against downstream or supply chain impacts of oil fluctuations or policy changes,» stated the report.

The CBOE is still waiting for regulatory approval on the move, the report said, which would provide institutional investors with an avenue to hedge against volatility in the fast - growing cryptocurrency markets.

Chinese policymakers have been routinely intervening in the market after they realized mainland investors were using cryptos to hedge against yuan volatility.

● Token holders (including strategic investors and miners) seeking to post their assets as collateral in order to free up capital or earn income; ● Speculators and market - makers aiming to benefit from price volatility and to capture arbitrage opportunities; ● Early post-crowdsale entities with idle crypto assets, that could be lent against collateral, providing income generation; ● Tokenomy - powered / Tokenomy - anchored businesses demanding liquidity and liquidity management tools to deploy liquidity surpluses, or to cover liquidity gaps; ● Crypto investment funds seeking interest income through the lending of their portfolio assets (while retaining exposure); ● Crypto exchanges looking to provide more trading options to their clients.

Earlier this year, some investors had moved away from Bitcoin, becoming interested in altcoins, such as Dash, Ether, and Monero, either as a hedge against the cryptocurrency's volatility or because they had missed a Bitcoin rally.

The Mexico City - based trader noted added that bitcoin futures contracts are a hugely positive development for the crypto community as it allows investors and miners to manage their risk more efficiently, and protect investors against market volatility, something which is likely to attract more mainstream and timid investors.

You'd be going up against day traders and people bent on making quick dollars off of the massive volatility, and that is no place for a layperson investor.

While predicting the timing or magnitude of this impact is next to impossible, real estate will always have the advantage of being backed by a tangible asset, and the sector has historically provided strong returns and lower volatility than the public markets, while also providing investors with a hedge against inflation.