Sentences with phrase «traditional hedge against»

Not exact matches

When Comcast initially invested $ 200 million in BuzzFeed in 2015, through its broadcast subsidiary NBCUniversal, it wasn't clear exactly what the cable conglomerate was looking for from its investment in the digital - only startup, except perhaps a hedge against the disruption of television and other forms of traditional media.

And now that our careers are going, we're looking at maxing out two traditional 401Ks and two Roth IRAs this year, and we see the Roth IRA portion as a small hedge against rising future tax rates (or what I think is a bit more likely to happen — tax brackets that don't keep pace with inflation, so keep sucking in more and more people to higher brackets).

Complementing traditional investments, Ross points out that real estate is less volatile (unlike stocks, it's not marked to market every day); provides diversification with a favorable balance of risk versus return; is favorably taxed via capital gains tax treatment and interest deductibility; generates returns similar to the stock market and «often more»; provides principal protection; a hedge against inflation and a pension - like «monthly coupon.»

Commodities have historically provided investors with a hedge against inflation, a way to capitalize on the growth of emerging economies around the world as well as returns that are uncorrelated to more traditional asset classes, such as stocks and bonds.

NEW THIS WEEK: With geopolitical tensions rising gold has been advancing as well, assuming its traditional role as a hedge against disaster.

The other study by Ibbotson Associates titled Strategic Asset Allocation and Commodities also found that an equally weighted, monthly rebalanced composite of four commodity indices show «low correlations to traditional stocks and bonds, produce high returns, hedge against inflation and provide diversification through superior returns when they are needed most».

Commodities have historically provided investors with a hedge against inflation, as well as returns that are uncorrelated to more traditional asset classes, such as stocks and bonds.

Nevertheless, keeping a portion of your portfolio in gold and / or silver is a good idea given that it will allow you to hedge against the inherent risks of the cryptocurrency movement without the need to trust the traditional financial system.

Uphold has helped many members weather market volatility, as they can instantly move funds into traditional fiat currencies in order to shelter against volatility or hedge against risk.

Although CoinJar isn't marketed for active traders, it allows you to hedge bitcoin against traditional currencies, such as the US dollar and British pound.

What many fail to realize is that crypto, when integrated properly, can be utilized as a hedge against currency inflation / volatility, is safer and faster than the Visa, MasterCard, and Amex, and that these currencies can be traded by the owner to generate more profits (a relatively cumbersome process with traditional fiat currencies).

Oil would be the knee - jerk bet to hedge against an escalation in the region, and sure enough crude prices are on the rise recently, but the questionable fundamentals in the energy segment could steer capital towards the traditional safe - haven of gold and the Yen.

As compared to traditional currencies, bitcoin's rise exceeded that of nearly every major nation, as did precious metals (which are often compared to cryptocurrencies based on limited supply, independence from governments and usage as a hedge against a collapse in traditional financial markets).

``... [we] have had a lot of demand from the institutional trading community, everything from the traditional buy - side, hedge funds, managed accounts, the prop community, that I think have been looking for a bridge like this as a way to trade the cryptocurrency markets against the cash markets.»