Not exact matches
This white paper looks at the period of the increased
volatility in the financial markets leading up to and on November 8th and
provides valuable insights into internal workings of risk parity
strategies during periods of heightened
volatility.
Our strategists
provide perspectives on the stock sell - off and market
volatility strategies for investors.
While this election season is likely to be filled with surprises, investors may also want to consider
strategies that aim to minimize equity market
volatility and potentially
provide downside protection.
«The
Volatility Forecasting & Trading
Strategies Summit
provided very useful & practical information about trading.
Examples of these risks, uncertainties and other factors include, but are not limited to the impact of: adverse general economic and related factors, such as fluctuating or increasing levels of unemployment, underemployment and the
volatility of fuel prices, declines in the securities and real estate markets, and perceptions of these conditions that decrease the level of disposable income of consumers or consumer confidence; adverse events impacting the security of travel, such as terrorist acts, armed conflict and threats thereof, acts of piracy, and other international events; the risks and increased costs associated with operating internationally; our expansion into and investments in new markets; breaches in data security or other disturbances to our information technology and other networks; the spread of epidemics and viral outbreaks; adverse incidents involving cruise ships; changes in fuel prices and / or other cruise operating costs; any impairment of our tradenames or goodwill; our hedging
strategies; our inability to obtain adequate insurance coverage; our substantial indebtedness, including the ability to raise additional capital to fund our operations, and to generate the necessary amount of cash to service our existing debt; restrictions in the agreements governing our indebtedness that limit our flexibility in operating our business; the significant portion of our assets pledged as collateral under our existing debt agreements and the ability of our creditors to accelerate the repayment of our indebtedness;
volatility and disruptions in the global credit and financial markets, which may adversely affect our ability to borrow and could increase our counterparty credit risks, including those under our credit facilities, derivatives, contingent obligations, insurance contracts and new ship progress payment guarantees; fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; overcapacity in key markets or globally; our inability to recruit or retain qualified personnel or the loss of key personnel; future changes relating to how external distribution channels sell and market our cruises; our reliance on third parties to
provide hotel management services to certain ships and certain other services; delays in our shipbuilding program and ship repairs, maintenance and refurbishments; future increases in the price of, or major changes or reduction in, commercial airline services; seasonal variations in passenger fare rates and occupancy levels at different times of the year; our ability to keep pace with developments in technology; amendments to our collective bargaining agreements for crew members and other employee relation issues; the continued availability of attractive port destinations; pending or threatened litigation, investigations and enforcement actions; changes involving the tax and environmental regulatory regimes in which we operate; and other factors set forth under «Risk Factors» in our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10 - K and subsequent filings by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
As investors look for diversification beyond traditional stock and bond funds, absolute return
strategies can
provide a differentiated return and risk profile and the potential to reduce long - term portfolio
volatility.
In the current environment of short - term
volatility amid a long - term positive outlook for the Chinese economy, a focus on growing, sustainable dividends in China's equity markets could
provide the opportunity to get a slice of the region's structural growth and potential downside protection compared with a typical growth
strategy, such as an earnings growth
strategy.
Also keep in mind that flexible bond
strategies have the potential to outperform in rising and flat interest rate environments, and can help
provide meaningful diversification, which may reduce overall
volatility in a portfolio.
The risk management process used by our Funds — the Milliman Managed Risk
Strategy — has an objective that seeks to
provide growth of capital while seeking to manage
volatility and
provide downside protection by investment in other funds.
Four of these factor
strategies — RAFI Value Factor Index, RAFI Low
Volatility Factor Index, RAFI Quality Factor Index, and RAFI Size Factor Index — and fundamental indices will also be available in a variety of geographic categories,
providing investors a wide range of choices to meet their unique preferences.
The fund combines a portfolio of domestic and foreign equity securities, including emerging markets securities, with the use of alternative investment
strategies to
provide growth with lower
volatility.
This white paper looks at the period of the increased
volatility in the financial markets leading up to and on November 8th and
provides valuable insights into internal workings of risk parity
strategies during periods of heightened
volatility.
However, in these times, we need to remember that we chose a diversified investment
strategy because it
provides us with the highest probability of obtaining our financial goals while exposing us to the least amount of
volatility possible.
In times of market
volatility spikes, quality factor
strategies have historically behaved defensively, which may
provide opportunities for strong outperformance,» says Fiona Bassett, Global Co-Head of Passive Asset Management.
Minimum
volatility strategies seek to decrease the effects of the market's ups and downs over time by
providing equity investors lower risk alternatives to traditional equity portfolios.
The
strategy aims to sell assets when their risk - adjusted expected return is falling (rising market
volatility) and buying equities when their risk - adjusted expected return is rising (falling market
volatility) to
provide better risk - adjusted portfolio returns and to account for investor's risk tolerance.
In his book «High returns from low risk: a remarkable stock market paradox» he devised a
strategy that
provides above market returns by investing in low
volatility stocks.
Adding low
volatility strategies can
provide better returns on a risk adjusted basis.
Yes, ideally I could envisage a buyback that
provides liquidity & takes advantage of share price
volatility, preferably as a secondary
strategy to a tender offer.
The Hartford Multifactor Developed Markets (ex-US) ETF (RODM) has
provided better growth with lower
volatility since inception relative to most cap - weighted
strategies.
One of the objectives of low
volatility strategies is to
provide higher risk - adjusted returns than their respective benchmarks over the long run, primarily by reducing drawdowns during market downturns.
Low
volatility strategies tend to go down less than the market, thereby offering downside protection while
providing a degree of upside participation in an up market.
Short selling
strategies (shorting) can
provide an investor with an opportunity to manage
volatility and enhance performance in declining or volatile markets.
Both high dividend and low
volatility strategies have generally
provided historical downside protection in volatile markets.
Compared to selling equity options, selling VIX futures is an operationally simple
strategy that can
provide clean
volatility exposure through exchange - traded liquid instruments.
Our trading journal not only analyzes whether your positions are too small or too big, but it also
provides insights about how different position sizing
strategies impact your account
volatility.
A thoughtful asset liability
strategy can balance the needs of
providing cash flow to meet liabilities, limiting
volatility of capital, and maximizing investment yield and income.
2) Exceed Structured Shield Index
Strategies Fund — This is the first of three new mutual funds that
provide investors with a structured product that is designed to protect downside
volatility and
provide a specific level of upside participation.
Since the rider benefit base does not decrease as a result of investment losses,
volatility control
strategies might not
provide meaningful additional benefit to you.
These
strategies driving the core allocation are in turn paired with FTMAS» systematic, fundamentally driven tactical asset allocation process that seeks to
provide an additional, uncorrelated return source while at the same time
providing a mechanism to potentially hedge the portfolio during market downturns and lower overall portfolio
volatility.
As a price action trader you should be especially excited about
volatility, because price action
strategies thrive in volatile market conditions due to the fact that they simply reflect the dynamics of price movement and
provide you with easy to identify setups which allow you take advantage of
volatility.
You don't need an annuity to stretch your IRA, but a fixed annuity does work well with this
strategy because it fully protects the principal from market
volatility, and
provides contractual guarantees.
«The
Volatility Forecasting & Trading
Strategies Summit
provided very useful & practical information about trading.