The past several weeks have, no doubt, caused or tempted many investors to sell off. But is that the best course of action? Scott Welch looks back at the market dips in previous years to compare them to the market turmoil today.
The S&P 500 reached bear market territory when it dropped to 2,702 on March 11. And so far, the pain hasn’t stopped. Jeremy Schwartz provides a hedge for investors who want to creep into stocks but don’t want full market exposure: put writing.
While the inverted yield curve has been getting a lot of attention among bond investors, there is another curve that inverted recently, and that warrants attention from asset allocators in Q4 2019: the VIX curve. Gaurav Sinha discusses how to protect your portfolio in times of heightened volatility.
Experienced investors usually do not confuse lack of market volatility with stability. Markets are inherently volatile, which can lurk behind the prevailing calm. How should investors deal with rising volatility?
Last year finally broke the nine-year bull run in equity markets, a length that has been matched only twice since 1950s. Gaurav Sinha covers what measures investors could have taken to help avoid the downturn in equity markets that we saw in the fourth quarter of 2018.
U.S. equity markets have delivered strong results this year, but those gains were quickly erased in October. With increased volatility, more investors are looking for ways to protect their portfolios. But one strategy may help add value during these turbulent times.
Managed futures strategies have been among the most disappointing investment categories since the bottom of the financial crisis. For those investors who own managed futures strategies, now could be a good time to tax-loss harvest and reinvest in a strategy with less sensitivity to the S&P 500 Index.