Is the Market Spooky?
Is the Market Scared? One of the market’s main headscratchers: how can the same piece of news trigger opposite reactions? How can an announcement in employment numbers be interpreted as a positive sign of consumer strength, or, most likely, a negative sign of Fed...
Repricing Insurance
Buying Insurance in the Equity Market Investing in equities is inherently risky, but the capital market offers alternatives to mitigate this downside. Diversification is well understood by most investors, but it’s a limited tool. Mixing bonds and stock, or maintaining...
The Amazing American Consumer
In a Brittle Economy, the American Consumer Remains King In this series of Newsletters, we have covered different investment strategies using a spectrum of instruments, for example, directional as well as hedging strategies with options, currency tilts with ETFs and...