Sentences with phrase «small short positions»

Large short sellers are likely to dip their feet with small short positions and watch.

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.

Large short sellers are likely to dip their feet with small short positions and watch.

«Over the past 6 months we have had a small short position in Ultimate Software as we've viewed it as one of the more...

Cenovus Energy -LRB--1 %) was eliminated as discussed last quarter, and Actavis (+2 %) had a negative impact given we had a small short position as a hedge against our shares in Forest Labs that were short - term, as discussed in the March 2014 letter.

Not exact matches

«Each of the market reversals of the past few weeks has in common that they represented widely held positions — long equities, overweight small caps, overweight tech, underweight emerging markets, and short duration,» says Loeys.

That's why we hold over 200 individual investment positions in Strategic Growth, why we diversify across industries, why I left complete put option coverage underneath the Fund's portfolio even in response to a favorable shift in our measures of market action two weeks ago (now neutral), why the dollar value of our shorts never materially exceeds our long holdings, and why even in the most favorable conditions, the Fund can establish leverage only by investing a small percentage of assets in call options (never on margin).

Producers are net - short and saw a small rise in that position when few more gross longs were cut than gross shorts.

I have established a small short term position long USD and short JPY (Japanese Yen).

They have assembled positions in curve flatteners in small developed countries, are short duration in AUD, and are short the euro and the yen versus the US dollar.

I liquidated my gold position for a small loss on Wednesday when spot gold traded above $ 1325 and I remain short the S+P with a combination of option positions.

Let me try again: One of the more compelling arguments for the «punk eek» position that most evolution occurs during relatively short (10K - 100K) periods of speciation, which typically occurs in small, isolated subpopulations, is that the stable species which spawns the new species often co-exists with the new species for a considerable period.

We as fans, in particular the STH and those who go regularly to away - games, spend a hefty sum of our money on the club, but our financial risks are relatively small compared to Kroenke's: we can chose to no longer spend any money on Arsenal in relatively short time, but Kroenke is in a different position.

Smaller distances between players allows them to exchange passes at a shorter length, and as the ball moves quickly between positions, it's difficult for the defenders to get close enough to tackle their man.

Labour has, however, supplanted the Conservatives as the main opposition party (albeit still 15 seats short of the Liberal Democrats) and the Greens continue to hold their own in Callowland ward, pushing the Conservatives into the smallest party position.

They make their case based on Toumaï's small canines, short lower face, and the forward position of an indentation in the cranium where the spinal column connects to the head, indicating a head held upright.

The Battle Rope Hinged Pulse is built off of a static hinged position and utilizes short and sharp pulsing pulls with the arms to generate small but consistent waves through the duration of the work set.

Hyundai says that the car will be positioned between the Elantra and Sonata, which explains its size: at 185.4 inches long, 71.7 inches wide, and 57.9 inches tall, the Mistra is marginally smaller than the Sonata (189.8 inches long, 72.2 inches wide, 57.9 inches high), and with a 0.9 - inch - shorter wheelbase (109.1 inches versus 110.0).

In - car infotainment is strong, with features including Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, however an oddly small steering wheel with even quirkier steering wheel positioning spoils the car's everyday amenity, obstructing the driver's view of the instrument cluster (unless you're really short or really tall).

Gas mileage seems pretty good for a small SUV (Very small) Bad: Fit and finish Seating position is hard short Seats The telescoping steering wheel is worthless it rattles You can't see out of it, and the parking sensors indicate you are too close at nearly 2ft from something It's slow (The Volt feels like a corvette in comparison) It's expensive (There are a lot of MUCH better options for less) Due to it's shape you can't get anything in the hatch area Controls aren't well laid out..

However, since initial options investments usually requires less capital than equivalent stock positions, your potential cash losses as an options investor are usually smaller than if you'd bought the underlying stock or sold the stock short.

In my small unique book «The small stock trader» I also had more detailed overview of tens of stock trading mistakes (http://thesmallstocktrader.wordpress.com/2012/06/25/stock-day-trading-mistakessinceserrors-that-cause-90-of-stock-traders-lose-money/): • EGO (thinking you are a walking think tank, not accepting and learning from you mistakes, etc.) • Lack of passion and entering into stock trading with unrealistic expectations about the learning time and performance, without realizing that it often takes 4 - 5 years to learn how it works and that even +50 % annual performance in the long run is very good • Poor self - esteem / self - knowledge • Lack of focus • Not working ward enough and treating your stock trading as a hobby instead of a small business • Lack of knowledge and experience • Trying to imitate others instead of developing your unique stock trading philosophy that suits best to your personality • Listening to others instead of doing your own research • Lack of recordkeeping • Overanalyzing and overcomplicating things (Zen - like simplicity is the key) • Lack of flexibility to adapt to the always / quick - changing stock market • Lack of patience to learn stock trading properly, wait to enter into the positions and let the winners run (inpatience results in overtrading, which in turn results in high transaction costs) • Lack of stock trading plan that defines your goals, entry / exit points, etc. • Lack of risk management rules on stop losses, position sizing, leverage, diversification, etc. • Lack of discipline to stick to your stock trading plan and risk management rules • Getting emotional (fear, greed, hope, revenge, regret, bragging, getting overconfident after big wins, sheep - like crowd - following behavior, etc.) • Not knowing and understanding the competition • Not knowing the catalysts that trigger stock price changes • Averaging down (adding to losers instead of adding to winners) • Putting your stock trading capital in 1 - 2 or more than 6 - 7 stocks instead of diversifying into about 5 stocks • Bottom / top fishing • Not understanding the specifics of short selling • Missing this market / industry / stock connection, the big picture, and only focusing on the specific stocks • Trying to predict the market / economy instead of just listening to it and going against the trend instead of following it

Scalper A speculator on the trading floor of an exchange who buys and sells rapidly, with small profits or losses, holding his positions for only a short time during a trading session.

I always take a small position though: unfortunately the mechanics of short selling are such that the risk / reward ratio is not as favorable as taking a long position.

Investors should also consider a levered ETF for very short - term hedging positions — the UltraShort S&P 500 ETF (SDS) is an example — but be careful to keep only a small portion of your portfolio in such a levered trading vehicle.

Main ETF Update: Taking a Small and Cautious Short Position»

This strategy invests in very short term high income bond ETFs with a small position invested in small - and mid-cap high dividend stocks.

I also have a position in MFC Industrial, a company with exposure to metals and oil and gas (which, however, I will be selling shortly), a video game developer that is a net / net (Gravity Ltd.), a small position in RadioShack (made even smaller by the decline in share price over the past 2 years), and finally a short - term spinoff trade (Oil States International).

With those characteristics in mind, Exhibit 3 shows the performance of a hypothetical portfolio («MIX»), comprising a small position in Short VIX (7.5 % weighting), with the remainder in Low Volatility.

The potential addition of a small, rebalanced position in a strategy such as Short VIX could act to diminish the risk of underperformance in rising markets, and provides a potentially coherent way to capture two complementary sources of behavioral outperformance.

In Betting on the Blind Side, Lewis excerpts The Big Short, which describes Burry's short position in some detail, how he figured out that the bonds were mispriced, and how he bet against them (no small effort because the derivatives to do so didn't exist when he started looking for Short, which describes Burry's short position in some detail, how he figured out that the bonds were mispriced, and how he bet against them (no small effort because the derivatives to do so didn't exist when he started looking for short position in some detail, how he figured out that the bonds were mispriced, and how he bet against them (no small effort because the derivatives to do so didn't exist when he started looking for them.

As we discussed above, the holding period for Greenbackd's positions has been too short to provide any meaningful information about the likely performance of the strategy over the long term (2 to 5 years), but I believe that the strategy should outperform the market by a small margin.

An actual large - cap growth ETF and an actual short position in a small - cap value ETF (where you borrow the shares and sell them) could have delivered a higher return with an almost market neutral risk profile — especially just looking at the capital invested in the long position minus any margin fees and borrowing costs.

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 portfolio manager of the AlphaNorth Partners Fund (hedge fund), and the AlphaNorth Growth Fund and AlphaNorth Resource Fund (mutual funds), noted that while short positions are a relatively small part of the firm's strategy, they are being used more these days.

I purchased a small position (a bit too early, it seems) at around $ 16 on the theory that the shorts had it wrong and the price would rebound.

As we discussed above, the holding period for Greenbackd's positions has been too short to provide any meaningful information about the likely performance of the strategy over the long term (2 to 5 years), but we believe that the strategy should outperform the market by a small margin.

As we discussed above, the holding periods for Greenbackd's positions has been too short to provide any meaningful information about the likely performance of the strategy over the long term (2 to 5 years), but we believe that the strategy should outperform the market by a small margin.

However, UTV's now a much smaller NAV component, plus I reckon it trades close to fair value at the moment — it might be worth a flier for the next few months, otherwise you may wish to hedge your exposure with an appropriate UTV short position.

Sometimes, new fund managers will get lucky by taking positions in smaller firms with more volatile stock prices, or they may pick some larger capitalization firms whose stocks might appreciate dramatically in the short run.

Well one such method supplied to us on a weekly basis is the Commitment of Traders Report from the CME which, although showing a small drop in the amount of short positions, still shows an extreme 5 - times larger short position than long.

Its Arco SE trimmer revolutionized finish grooming on smaller dogs, and the now - popular five - position blade on a lightweight, rechargeable clipper made styling small dogs in fairly short trims a breeze.

Positioned down a short, steep lane on the north face of the ridge, the small homestay offers six immaculate rooms overlooking the valley below.

At 185 cm I found the lie flat position to be a tad on the short side, as the foot cubbie is quite small and as it's angled, it's hard to find a comfortable position for your feet.

Click here to see a short film about Ikon's development from a small artist - led space in the Bullring in the 1960s to its current position as an internationally renowned art gallery at the heart of Birmingham's cultural scene.

He pointed out that the price index is too easily gamed, for example, and that there is no physical commodity (private keys) for integrity of short positions, maintenance margins could potentially approach 100 percent so there is no real leverage during volatility, and there is a risk of limit - up, limit - down insolvency for certain smaller members.

You can reduce the number of positions by taking out any small jobs that you took to earn extra cash between jobs or while employed in a more permanent position, as well as any jobs that were really short term — didn't turn out for whatever reason.

Save them time and leave out the small, short - term jobs; focus on the positions that will present your skills and experience most effectively.