Long / Short Equity - An investing strategy of
taking long positions in stocks that are expected to appreciate and short positions in stocks that are expected to decline.
His latest filing, for the second quarter of 2011, gives
his long position in stocks as almost $ 2 billion.
When employing the long - short equity strategy, hedge fund managers take
a long position in a stock they think will outperform, while shorting stock3 that they believe will underperform.
Investors that want to take
a long position in stocks usually use this approach to analyse stocks.
Put buyers — those who hold a «long» — put are either speculative buyers looking for leverage or «insurance» buyers who want to protect
their long positions in a stock for the period of time covered by the option.
A synthetic call, or synthetic long call, is an options strategy in which an investor, holding
a long position in a stock, purchases an at - the - money put option on the same stock to protect against depreciation in the stock's price.