If this is the case, and it will take more than 10 trading days to close out
short positions in those two REITs, the positive impact on the price for these REITs can be significant.
Advised and updated clients on arbitrage opportunities and hedging strategies on long and
short positions in commodities futures.
The Fund generally intends to invest substantially all of its assets through investment in
short positions in Benchmark Futures Contracts.
However, the Fund may invest through
short positions in Bitcoin Futures Contracts other than Benchmark Futures Contracts,» the notice explains.
As of January 2018, investors and critics have failed to express their confidence on the downward trend of bitcoin and acquire
short positions in bitcoin.
The purpose of the hack is yet to be established but some believe it was aimed to benefit investors with
short positions in BTC and also those that were betting on its price declining.
According to the monthly Global Fund Manager survey of Merrill Lynch (Bank of America), the second most crowded trade is long positions in Nasdaq (22 %), the third one is
short positions in the US dollar (21 %).
In that context, some industrial players will probably consider securing some share of their future
short positions in advance to benefit from lower carbon prices.
DIVA's underlying index consists of long positions in 100 stocks with stable or growing dividends and
short positions in up to 200 issues (up to 50 % of the value of its long positions) with unstable or low dividends.
It's an absolute - return strategy — represented as a way to protect assets in times of turbulence — that takes
short positions in stocks and long positions in bonds!
The Fund primarily takes long and
short positions in securities that are highly correlated to major US equity indices based on long, intermediate, and short term trends.
The Fund primarily takes long and
short positions in securities that are highly correlated to its applicable market based on long, intermediate, and short term trends.
Under normal market conditions, the Fund invests, directly or indirectly through exchange traded funds («ETFs») and mutual funds (together with ETFs, «Underlying Funds»), at least 80 % of its assets (plus the amount of borrowings, if any) in long and
short positions in equity securities.
Under normal market conditions, the Fund invests, directly or indirectly through exchange traded funds («ETFs») and mutual funds (together with ETFs, «Underlying Funds»), at least 80 % of its assets (plus the amount of borrowings, if any) in long and
short positions in real estate related securities.
The Index takes long positions in companies with large RAFI weights relative to their capitalization weights and
short positions in companies with small RAFI weights relative to their capitalization weights.
The index is comprised of (a) long positions in USD - denominated investment grade corporate bonds issued by both U.S. and foreign domiciled companies; and (b)
short positions in U.S. Treasury notes or bonds («Treasury Securities») of, in aggregate, approximate equivalent duration to the investment grade bonds.
I have other
short positions in my portfolio, so for long bond yields to continue to tank, it would probably take some sort of exogenous event or major market malaise, which would translate into gains elsewhere in the portfolio.
HYHG maintains
short positions in 2 -, 5 - and 10 - year U.S. Treasury futures contracts to hedge its portfolio against possible rate increases.
They are allowed to take leveraged long and
short positions in asset classes that other types of regulated funds simply can not touch.
HYHG seeks to hedge high yield bonds against the potential negative impact of rising Treasury interest rates by taking
short positions in U.S. Treasury futures.
The interest rate hedge included in the index is composed of
short positions in Treasury securities.
An affiliated investment advisory firm may own or have sold short securities and / or hold long and / or
short positions in options that are mentioned in this material.
Market - neutral strategies are often attained by taking matching long and
short positions in different stocks to increase the return from making good stock selections and to decrease the return from broad market movements.
Repos are used to finance long positions, borrow money to fund speculative investments, and cover
short positions in securities.
IGHG seeks to hedge investment grade bonds against the negative impact of rising rates by taking
short positions in Treasury futures.
Many funds try to capitalize on both short term and long term returns — investing in everything from private start - up companies, to taking
short positions in publicly traded companies.
Short positions in metals and bonds accounted for the gains for those commodity trading advisors who were fortunate to catch them.
The Credit Suisse 130/30 Large Cap Index is designed to replicate an investment strategy that establishes either long or
short positions in certain of the 500 largest U.S. market cap equities (the «Universe»).
The fund's manager and sub-advisors use
short positions in an attempt to either protect against losses or provide an additional source of returns versus long - only strategies.
The index is designed to replicate an investment strategy that establishes either long or
short positions in certain of the 500 largest U.S. market cap equities (the «Universe»).
Long positions will be held in the «Long Portfolio» and
Short positions in the «Short Portfolio».
Taking long or
short positions in futures contracts, for a corporation or a well - endowed investment fund with lots of foreign exposure, does not cost a lot.
These portfolios take equally weighted long positions in the top third of derivatives contracts ranked by our signals and equally weighted
short positions in the bottom third of contracts.
IGHG and HYHG seek to hedge investment grade bonds and high yield bonds, respectively, against the negative impact of rising rates by taking
short positions in Treasury futures.
The fund pursues its investment objective primarily through
short positions in domestically traded equity securities and indices.
Reducing the exposure in your account by repurchasing
short positions in options may also reduce or eliminate the Exposure Fee.
IB has found that
short positions in low - priced options generate the largest exposures relative to capital.
As the name implies, long - short funds hold both long and
short positions in equities and related derivatives.
Some managers invest the proceeds from
their short positions in low - risk assets, while others dedicate a portion to long stock positions in order to hedge against broad market rallies.
If the yield curve is expected to become flat, it raises fears of high inflation with the economy slipping into recession; with inflation worries and recession fears subduing each other, investors tend to take
short positions in short - term securities and ETFs and go long on long - term securities.
Regular readers of my blog might think that I'm a long only value investor, but that's not the case: I do sometimes take small
short positions in companies that seem fraudulent, have a poor business model or are simply far too expensive.
Among the main risks affecting the funds, ProShares warns of inherent volatility associated with futures markets as well as the risk of holding speculative
short positions in the portfolios, which could expose the investor to losses.
The idea is to take
short positions in commodities so you can gain from price declines.
Intraday trading involves taking long or
short positions in the securities and squaring - off the positions before the end of the trading day.
This time - tested process informs long and
short positions in sovereign asset classes, such as foreign currencies and sovereign credit markets.
Such activity can cause the ETF to lose possibly significantly more than an investment focused on only long or
short positions in the same futures contracts.
Both the current and the new index consist of long positions in TIPS and
short positions in Treasurys, and are measures of the 30 - year breakeven rate of inflation or BEI.
A short credit is the amount of money held aside to close
short positions in an account.
The Citi 30 - Year TIPS (Treasury Rate - Hedged) Index tracks the performance of long positions in the most recently issued 30 - year Treasury Inflation - Protected Securities (TIPS) and duration - adjusted
short positions in U.S. Treasury bonds of, in aggregate, approximate equivalent duration to the TIPS.
Blends
short positions in 2 - year, 5 - year, and 10 - year Treasury futures, to hedge across a significant portion of the yield curve.