Roll the Hedge (SPY)
For the past number of months, we have been nervous bulls. With a bullish underbelly, we have discussed several bullish ideas in the value stock arena. But to hedge ourselves,…
SPY: Roll the Volatility Trade
Professional volatility traders spend most of their effort trading volatility. They try to buy it cheap and sell it dear. If you examine who makes the most consistent profits, it…
Check out this Hedge against the next Bear move
We find ourselves talking about the performance of the popular equity indexes far more than we typically do. We do this because in fast markets like we are in now,…
When Will We See the Next Correction? | How Will We Recognize It In Real Time?
We have been asked from time to time about the age of this ongoing bull market and what would have to change to become neutral or even bearish equity prices?…
“To Hedge or Not to Hedge” That is the Question
In early May, we recommended investors sell an appropriate amount of in the money call spreads (16-June-2017, 144/138) on IWM to hedge some of the downside risks in their portfolios…
Investor Complacency Everywhere You Look
Ever since the election, the equity markets have moved higher day after day. Merrill Lynch Global Research recently pointed out, for example, that the S&P 500 Index has gone 105 days…