Tail risk in capital markets refers to the risk of large financial losses from an unforeseen and rare event. Typically investors like to model the probability of outcomes for their prospective ...

James Chen, CMT is an expert trader, investment adviser, and global market strategist. Somer G. Anderson is CPA, doctor of accounting, and an accounting and finance professor who has been working in ...

One of the drawbacks that comes with investing in foreign stocks is their higher volatility relative to domestic stocks. From January 2000 through June 2017, a U.S.-based investor holding a fund that ...

When managing your investment portfolio, there are different types of risk that need to be factored in. Currency risk, which is risk associated with fluctuations in currency values, is one of them. It ...

Wouldn’t we all like to get something for nothing? Have our cake and eat it too? Especially when it comes to buying “insurance” on the stock market? As someone who specializes in the esoteric field of ...

Tail-risk hedges can constrain worst-case losses and mitigate volatility decay in trading 3X-leveraged UPRO. XSP works well for hedging UPRO. Using 3X-leveraged UPRO in 1/2 commitments normally ...

In the uncertain world of investing, hedging provides investors with a proactive shield, i.e., a defence against downside risks. On a fundamental level, hedging means taking a position that offsets ...

The Financial Accounting Standards Board’s proposed update to its hedge accounting standard could help companies with their risk management, but they will probably need sophisticated hedging expertise ...

Managing the price risk in container freight has become paramount as cargo owners look to hedge the cost of freight which can account for up to 20% of cargo value New freight futures contracts could ...

Phil is the Chief Operating Officer of MCT, and is a recognized thought-leader in capital markets within the mortgage banking community. Given the volatile markets, the looming possibility of a ...