Sentences with phrase «volatility of a given stock»

Not exact matches

Shares of Spotify Technology SA are set to begin trading on the New York Stock Exchange on April 3 in an unusual direct listing that gives insiders the option to sell instantly and does without the support of traditional underwriters - a recipe for potentially high volatility in early trading.

Given that valuations were already rich when the VIX, a commonly used measure of S&P 500 volatility, was at 10, a doubling of volatility suggests stocks should be trading closer to 16 or 17 times earnings, not 21.

In actuality, while the skill set necessary to make intelligent decisions can take years to acquire, the core matter is straightforward: Buy ownership of good businesses (stocks) or loan money to good credits (bonds), paying a price sufficient to reasonably assure you of a satisfactory return even if things don't work out particularly well (a margin of safety), and then give yourself a long enough stretch of time (at an absolute minimum, five years) to ride out the volatility.

For me personally, I like the 40 - day ATR because the longer period helps to give a more accurate representation of a stock's volatility, whereas a shorter period is more susceptible to skewing by short - term news events.

This high level of volatility gives investors the opportunity to enter into the stock, and potentially buy at an artificially low price.

Given the recent pullback in stocks and our favorable forward outlook, we believe that investors should start averaging into equities during this period of downside volatility.

Blue chip stocks, like Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) or Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG), have become very popular among day traders given the high level of liquidity and event - driven volatility.

Given that much of the volatility and underperformance over the past three years is due to the strong U.S. dollar, money has poured into international stock ETFs that hedge against the dollar.

Given the rapidity of this move and the signs that market volatility is here to stay, it's worth taking stock of how clients are reacting.

Notwithstanding episodic spikes, stock market volatility was surprisingly low during much of 2016 given unusually high uncertainty.

While I'd remain cautious of physical crude oil given the commodity's price volatility, integrated oil company stocks appear to be bottoming.

Given group - think and the determination of policy makers to do «whatever it takes» to prevent the next market «crash,» we think that the low - volatility levitation magic act of stocks and bonds will exist until the disenchanting moment when it does not.

While this strategy was a modest detractor in the quarter given the strong rally in stock prices, we believe it remains a key aspect of the fund's lower - volatility mandate.

Given that valuations were already rich when the VIX, a commonly used measure of S&P 500 volatility, was at 10, a doubling of volatility suggests stocks should be trading closer to 16 or 17 times earnings, not 21.

To continue to hold low - volatility stocks within a given investable universe without style drift, an investor must periodically sell stocks that have increased in volatility or fallen out of the universe.

Bonds, then, give you 2 potential benefits when you hold them as part of your portfolio: They give you a stream of income, and they offset some of the volatility you might see from owning stocks.

This is to take advantage of the market's volatility, which may provide buy or sell opportunities for a given stock.»

His concentration on value stocks in good companies with low volatility gives him the bones of a portfolio which will do well and won't jump around too much.

Of course, right now I have a few high weighted stocks that need to be pruned back, but given the current volatility of the market these days, that won't be happening any time sooOf course, right now I have a few high weighted stocks that need to be pruned back, but given the current volatility of the market these days, that won't be happening any time sooof the market these days, that won't be happening any time soon.

While this ETF uses beta scores to assess volatility and give investors exposure to a lower - risk portfolio of stocks, beta has its own limitations as a measure of risk.

Given the current low interest - rate environment, adding a high - yield allocation to your core bond portfolio or investing in a multisector bond fund may help increase your investment income — just remember that many of these types of funds still come with the potential for significant volatility, particularly during times of heightened economic and / or stock market volatility.

It turns out that opting for high - yield stocks by industry tends to give investors the benefit of diversification (reduced volatility) without costing much on the return front.

The Ladies also look at timeliness (a prediction of how fast a stock's price will grow compared to other stocks - stocks are given a number of 1 to 5, with one being the highest and the best); safety (the volatility of a stock's price around its own long term trend); beta (the volatility of a stock's price relative to the total market) and upside - down ratios (the ratio between the projected potential gain per share divided by the risk of loss per share).

I can see that the 1st month's deposit will be compounded all year where as the last month's won't, but I figure that given the volatility of the stock market, this might be good enough for an approximation?

TradeLAB gives investors a profit / loss / break - even snapshot on a single screen as well as the probability of any profit, based on the current stock price and the current implied volatility.

Given the higher returns produced by equity investments, one could conclude that investors have greater fear of stock market volatility than they have of inflation.

Given that long - term analysis is often seen as the best barometer in judging the effectiveness of a stock strategy, since it reduces the impact of volatility, the data appears to back up a growing sentiment among investors that active stock funds may not be worth the cost.

In the book, Graham gives in - depth, yet easy - to - understand explanations of concepts like defensive investing, how to cope with market volatility, and some basic analysis methods to find undervalued stocks.

There are actually two; 1) the Greek situation will probably stumble along in its current form for a while, creating substantial volatility in world stock markets, and 2) given all this negative news there may be some nuggets of gold in the Greek stock market that are worth a look for adventurous value investors (the WSJ had a piece on Greek shipping companies today, so I'm not alone with this line of thinking... beware!).

It's basically about how low volatility stock give you some piece of mind since you don't have to deal with wild price swings.

Energy is an interesting one, has been a difficult sector to participate in given the volatility of the underlying commodity, but our work currently shows that with this fairly significant run up in oil prices up until recently, the energy stocks themselves, have not reflected it.

Expected volatilities are based on a blend of historical and implied volatilities of our common stock; the expected life represents the weighted average period of time that options granted are expected to be outstanding giving consideration to vesting schedules and our historical exercise patterns; and the risk - free rate is based on the U.S. Treasury yield curve in effect at the time of grant for periods corresponding with the expected life of the option.

Given that stocks with high - dividend - to - price ratios have low risk, the authors suggest this outcome is a result of the volatility of the difference portfolio.

Sometimes volatile stocks, like NASDAQ was a classic example, volatility became a fetish in and of itself, because it gave you upside risk capture, and people were actually chasing a lot of concepts, and stability became undervalued.

The informal chat was that the finances, especially given the volatility of the respective stock prices, could not be made to work.

... which sucks because bonds are a necessary safety net for the volatility of the stock market — they help preserve my savings and give me income from the interest they generate.