Good Reminder of Why We Hedge!
After several sanguine weeks in equity markets, Monday marked a good reminder of why we hedge in many of our core portfolios. The S&P 500 Index opened down lower from Friday’s close...
Buy & Hedge at TD Ameritrade’s LINC Conference
ZEGA is excited to be attending TD Ameritrade’s LINC conference in Orlando. While appearing at the conference, Jay was able to speak with Oliver Renick from the TD Ameritrade Network about Buy & Hedge.
New Whitepaper Available for Download: Advisor Solutions for Managing Concentrated Stock Position Risk
ZEGA is excited to announce our new whitepaper and summary is now available to download on our site. Within the paper we outline the nature of the problem, the additional risk, and how advisors can offer real value for their clients by finally offering a viable solution.
Hedged Equity Update: Peer Comparison and Rolling Out Expirations Early
Buy and Hedge Retirement Strategy Peer Comparison 2019 update. As a reminder the goal of a hedged equity strategy is to put a downside floor in portfolios to protect against material downturns while capturing a good portion of the upside.
HiPOS Weekly Update: New Trade for the New Year!
After running the analytics today, ZEGA’s traders found a new short put spread for our primary HiPOS Conservative strategy. This iteration will have a January 31st expiration which is 17 trading days away given weekends and the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday on Monday the 20th. The underlying index is once again the S&P 500 and the profit target is 1%.
Where Did the 2010’s Rank for Total Return on S&P 500 Index?
Recently I’ve been listening to various financial analysts talk about what the previous decades average returns mean for the next decade. Questions like: Where are we on valuations? What will earnings do? Where do the 2010’s as a decade rank in comparison to past decades with total returns (including dividends)?