Sentences with phrase «stocks as a hedge»

It is worth holding some oil stocks as a hedge against an oil - driven recession.

Let's look at a very simple (and not overly practical) example of how to short stocks as a hedge.

Not exact matches

Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected in such forward - looking statements and that should be considered in evaluating our outlook include, but are not limited to, the following: 1) our ability to continue to grow our business and execute our growth strategy, including the timing, execution, and profitability of new and maturing programs; 2) our ability to perform our obligations under our new and maturing commercial, business aircraft, and military development programs, and the related recurring production; 3) our ability to accurately estimate and manage performance, cost, and revenue under our contracts, including our ability to achieve certain cost reductions with respect to the B787 program; 4) margin pressures and the potential for additional forward losses on new and maturing programs; 5) our ability to accommodate, and the cost of accommodating, announced increases in the build rates of certain aircraft; 6) the effect on aircraft demand and build rates of changing customer preferences for business aircraft, including the effect of global economic conditions on the business aircraft market and expanding conflicts or political unrest in the Middle East or Asia; 7) customer cancellations or deferrals as a result of global economic uncertainty or otherwise; 8) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which we operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; 9) the success and timely execution of key milestones such as the receipt of necessary regulatory approvals, including our ability to obtain in a timely fashion any required regulatory or other third party approvals for the consummation of our announced acquisition of Asco, and customer adherence to their announced schedules; 10) our ability to successfully negotiate, or re-negotiate, future pricing under our supply agreements with Boeing and our other customers; 11) our ability to enter into profitable supply arrangements with additional customers; 12) the ability of all parties to satisfy their performance requirements under existing supply contracts with our two major customers, Boeing and Airbus, and other customers, and the risk of nonpayment by such customers; 13) any adverse impact on Boeing's and Airbus» production of aircraft resulting from cancellations, deferrals, or reduced orders by their customers or from labor disputes, domestic or international hostilities, or acts of terrorism; 14) any adverse impact on the demand for air travel or our operations from the outbreak of diseases or epidemic or pandemic outbreaks; 15) our ability to avoid or recover from cyber-based or other security attacks, information technology failures, or other disruptions; 16) returns on pension plan assets and the impact of future discount rate changes on pension obligations; 17) our ability to borrow additional funds or refinance debt, including our ability to obtain the debt to finance the purchase price for our announced acquisition of Asco on favorable terms or at all; 18) competition from commercial aerospace original equipment manufacturers and other aerostructures suppliers; 19) the effect of governmental laws, such as U.S. export control laws and U.S. and foreign anti-bribery laws such as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the United Kingdom Bribery Act, and environmental laws and agency regulations, both in the U.S. and abroad; 20) the effect of changes in tax law, such as the effect of The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the «TCJA») that was enacted on December 22, 2017, and changes to the interpretations of or guidance related thereto, and the Company's ability to accurately calculate and estimate the effect of such changes; 21) any reduction in our credit ratings; 22) our dependence on our suppliers, as well as the cost and availability of raw materials and purchased components; 23) our ability to recruit and retain a critical mass of highly - skilled employees and our relationships with the unions representing many of our employees; 24) spending by the U.S. and other governments on defense; 25) the possibility that our cash flows and our credit facility may not be adequate for our additional capital needs or for payment of interest on, and principal of, our indebtedness; 26) our exposure under our revolving credit facility to higher interest payments should interest rates increase substantially; 27) the effectiveness of any interest rate hedging programs; 28) the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting; 29) the outcome or impact of ongoing or future litigation, claims, and regulatory actions; 30) exposure to potential product liability and warranty claims; 31) our ability to effectively assess, manage and integrate acquisitions that we pursue, including our ability to successfully integrate the Asco business and generate synergies and other cost savings; 32) our ability to consummate our announced acquisition of Asco in a timely matter while avoiding any unexpected costs, charges, expenses, adverse changes to business relationships and other business disruptions for ourselves and Asco as a result of the acquisition; 33) our ability to continue selling certain receivables through our supplier financing program; 34) the risks of doing business internationally, including fluctuations in foreign current exchange rates, impositions of tariffs or embargoes, compliance with foreign laws, and domestic and foreign government policies; and 35) our ability to complete the proposed accelerated stock repurchase plan, among other things.

With geopolitical tensions in places like Ukraine, emerging market selloffs in countries like Turkey and U.S. stocks» choppy start to 2014, more investors are seeking out hard assets as an opportunity to diversify a portfolio, hedge against inflation and pursue a solid return in something unrelated to the equity markets.

Tosi was apparently a financial wiz internally, creating a hedge - fund style investment fund for Airbnb with stocks, currencies, and other investments that contributed as much as 30 % of the company's cash flow, Bloomberg reports.

Hedge fund legend Julian Robertson Jr. sees stock market valuations as «very high» and worries about a bubble forming.

In 2015, Ackman, the founder of hedge fund Pershing Square, announced his multi-billion dollar bet on Valeant Pharmaceuticals (vrx); he proceeded to lose nearly his entire investment, or $ 7.7 million every day for about two years, as Valeant stock sank 95 %.

Even fintech startups that don't specialize in analytics, such as SumZero, StockTwits, and Scutify, have begun fielding requests from hedge funds wanting to buy their data, such as what stocks their users are searching for, which is seen as a potential proxy for bullishness.

Nearly four - and - a-half years after Bill Ackman bet $ 1 billion that Herbalife stock would fall — a losing bet so far for the hedge fund manager — the nutrition products company is approaching what many investors see as a watershed moment, the final test that will determine which side was right.

Chamath Palihapitiya, a former Facebook executive who now runs the hedge fund Social Capital — and whose Sohn conference presentation earlier on Tuesday prompted the stock of his pick, Box (box), to surge as much as 16 % — interviewed Gurley on stage.

The stock market's slump that month prompted the largest one - day spike in the Cboe Volatility Index (known as the VIX), as traders who had bought products designed to profit off a subdued VIX hedged against further losses.

The hedge fund predicted that both China and European stock markets could drop by roughly 11 % as well.

Many have put up their own shares or stock of companies they own as collateral for their loans and are increasingly copying the convoluted fund - raising strategies employed by American hedge funds and private equity firms in financing their global expansion drives.

The four conglomerates originated in different sectors, but their underlying business model is the same: cultivate powerful allies in the Communist Party; use those relationships to win regulatory and property concessions; gather investment from friends, family and other proxies of party elites into a murky, unregulated private holding company; borrow heavily from state - owed banks and other sources to finance prodigious growth plans; invest as aggressively as possible in stock and property overseas as a hedge against slower growth in China and the risk of a weaker Chinese currency.

Glenview's Larry Robbins also lost more than $ 23 million in his hedge fund, as his pro-Obamacare bets on healthcare companies turned sour: Hospital Corporation of America (hca) stock dropped 11 %, losing him $ 127 million; and Tenet Healthcare (thc) stock plummeted 25 %, taking another $ 90 million from Glenview's portfolio.

That hurt technology - focused hedge fund Coatue Management, which lost about $ 58 million during the day, including more than $ 10 million apiece on Netflix stock and Activision Blizzard (atvi), as well as American Tower Corp. (amt), which sank 6 %.

NEW YORK, March 6 - Citadel, one of the world's largest hedge fund managers, has cut staff by more than 30 percent in one of its stock - picking units in what several people with direct knowledge of the layoffs described as a surprise move.

But as the housing market recovered along with Fannie and Freddie's profits, lawsuits filed by hedge fund investors raised the possibility that owners of the housing giants» stock might be owed the tens of millions in earnings the companies had been sending to the Treasury in recent quarters.

Activist investor Bill Ackman, of the hedge fund Pershing Square, has famously been linked to Herbalife (HLF) for years as its most vocal critic: he has shorted the stock and accused the company of operating a pyramid scheme.

Hedge fund manager William Ackman, who called Herbalife a pyramid scheme, placed a $ 1 billion short bet but so far has suffered some losses as the stock climbed.

Speaking at the Milken Institute conference in May, SAC Capital founder Steven Cohen, whose family office, Point72, manages $ 11 billion, bemoaned becoming «collateral damage» as other hedge funds sold down stocks that he happened to own too.

Hedge fund billionaire David Tepper said Thursday he's «not as bullish» as he could be — taking a more cautious view of the stock market almost five years to the day since his comments on CNBC sparked the «Tepper Rally» in the stock market.

This trend has a lot to do with the type of stocks hedge funds favor: companies with high earnings growth and a proclivity for acquisitions, as well as «momentum» stocks — stocks on an upward tear ahead of the market.

The $ 3 trillion hedge fund industry, which has been struggling to outperform stock and bond markets, could see assets shrink by as much as 30 percent in the next three years if performance continues to disappoint, according to a report this month from Boston Consulting Group.

What's more, hedge funds might have trouble justifying their high fees if they are holding the same stocks as a rival.

As of August, it ranked No. 12 on Goldman's list of the favorite stocks of hedge fund managers.

Activist hedge fund Third Point, which owns about 6 % of Yahoo's stock, pointed out that Thompson did not have a computer science degree, as many had thought, but a mere accounting degree.

The phrase «hedge fund» usually conjures up images of the elite Manhattan firms governed by stock pickers such as John Paulson or Paul Singer who can boast of a lengthy career in finance.

Not only are health stocks seen as a good hedge against market volatility, interest in the category is growing among consumers.

Camber Capital Management, a hedge fund with an activist history, has purchased 5.7 million shares of Tenet Healthcare Corp., or a 5.7 % stake in the money - losing hospital chain.The emergence of Camber was disclosed Monday, just three days after Tenet's largest shareholder, Glenview Capital Management, resigned two Tenet board seats, citing irreconcilable differences with management and the board.Glenview Capital, which owns an 18 % stake in Tenet, gave notice Friday that it would no longer participate in a stand - still agreement that had prevented it from launching a proxy fight for control of the company.Tenet investors welcomed the Camber disclosure Monday, driving up Tenet's stock price to $ 2.18, or 15 %, to $ 16.63 as of 12:30 p.m. ET.Tenet is the nation's third - largest investor - owned

I can not buy specific stocks or ETFs nor can I short any securities as a hedge.

Those included stock in companies like Bank of America and Kraft Heinz, as well as stakes in a variety of private equity and hedge funds.

This discussion also does not consider any specific facts or circumstances that may be relevant to holders subject to special rules under the U.S. federal income tax laws, including, without limitation, certain former citizens or long - term residents of the United States, partnerships or other pass - through entities, real estate investment trusts, regulated investment companies, «controlled foreign corporations,» «passive foreign investment companies,» corporations that accumulate earnings to avoid U.S. federal income tax, banks, financial institutions, investment funds, insurance companies, brokers, dealers or traders in securities, commodities or currencies, tax - exempt organizations, tax - qualified retirement plans, persons subject to the alternative minimum tax, persons that own, or have owned, actually or constructively, more than 5 % of our common stock and persons holding our common stock as part of a hedging or conversion transaction or straddle, or a constructive sale, or other risk reduction strategy.

As for the Fund, we are simply neutral, with our stock positions fully hedged.

As usual, the performance of our stocks relative to the major indices tends to drive day - to - day fluctuations in Fund value when we are hedged, but that differential has also been our primary source of return over time.

Big - money players such as banks, mutual funds, hedge funds, and other institutions are also more confident buying stocks when the S&P, Dow, and NASDAQ are all above their 50 - day moving averages.

Regarding Sulyma's holdings in the TDF, for example, the 2012 Summary Plan Description advised Sulyma that «[e] ach fund offers a broadly diversified mix of domestic and international stocks and bonds, and includes investments not typically available to individual investors, such as hedge funds and commodities.»

Our directors and Executive Officers may not at any time engage in hedging transactions (such as swaps, collars, and similar financial instruments) that would eliminate or limit the risks and rewards of Walmart stock ownership.

After dropping out of an elite Manhattan high school, he worked as an intern for Jim Cramer's hedge fund as a 17 - year - old and quickly impressed with his ability to call stocks.

Wagner: As is common in excess fee and stock drop cases, the Intel complaint asserts a cause of action for failing to disclose certain particulars (e.g., investment performance over specified periods) regarding three of the plan's nine «Investment Funds», specifically, the «Hedge Fund,» «Private Equity Fund» and «Commodities Fund.»

Interesting criteria for a list of unique stocks I don't have any of those names in my portfolio but I have other companies within the same industries such as the mega cap Chevron Corp Which has a forward P / E of 11.4 x so it's more expensive relative to Noble or CNOOC but I hold it in my hedge fund for hedging purposes.

Adjusted EPS is defined as diluted earnings per share excluding, when they occur, the impacts of integration and restructuring expenses, merger costs, unrealized losses / (gains) on commodity hedges, impairment losses, losses / (gains) on the sale of a business, nonmonetary currency devaluation and timing impacts of preferred stock dividends.

We have benefited from this year's rally in stocks and bonds (our Multi Asset Risk Strategy ETF Model Portfolio has a Sharpe ratio of over 3 this year — and that's with no leverage), but we are managing our risk by incorporating asset classes such as gold through the iShares Gold Trust (IAU); liquid alternatives through the IQ Hedge Multi-Strategy Tracker ETF (QAI), long - dated Treasuries through the iShares 20 + Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT)-- each of which diversify our portfolio risk and carry well within an ETF portfolio construct.

Given the additional overbought condition of the stock market, we should be concerned about abrupt downside risk, but as noted above, we are willing to soften our hedges in the event that market action improves sufficiently.

The difficult feature of the interim, at least for hedged equity strategies, is that as the «troops» diverge from the «generals,» portfolios that aren't comprised of the largest and most speculative stocks of the preceding bull market often underperform the indices during top formations.

As I discussed in a previous blog, if correlations between stocks and bonds remain negative, as they have for most of the post-crisis period, bonds remain an effective hedge of equity risAs I discussed in a previous blog, if correlations between stocks and bonds remain negative, as they have for most of the post-crisis period, bonds remain an effective hedge of equity risas they have for most of the post-crisis period, bonds remain an effective hedge of equity risk.

Aside from acceptable «basis» risk between the stocks we hold long and the indices we use to hedge, and perhaps 1 % of assets in option time - premium at any given time as a result of staggering our strikes to provide a stronger defense, we don't consider various speculative bubbles as threats to our own returns.

When we are fully hedged, as we are at present (and provided that our long - put / short - call option combinations have identical strike - prices and expirations), the source of our returns is the performance of our favored stocks relative to the indices which we use to hedge.

So when the Fund is fully hedged, our primary risk (as well as our primary source of expected return) is the potential for our stock holdings to perform differently from the major indices, be they the S&P 500 or the Russell 2000.

It does not discuss all aspects of U.S. federal income taxation that may be relevant to particular holders in light of their particular circumstances or to holders subject to special rules under the Code (including, but not limited to, insurance companies, tax - exempt organizations, financial institutions, broker - dealers, partners in partnerships (or entities or arrangements treated as partnerships for U.S. federal income tax purposes) that hold HP Co. common stock, pass - through entities (or investors therein), traders in securities who elect to apply a mark - to - market method of accounting, stockholders who hold HP Co. common stock as part of a «hedge,» «straddle,» «conversion,» «synthetic security,» «integrated investment» or «constructive sale transaction,» individuals who receive HP Co. or Hewlett Packard Enterprise common stock upon the exercise of employee stock options or otherwise as compensation, holders who are liable for the alternative minimum tax or any holders who actually or constructively own 5 % or more of HP Co. common stock).