Hedging aims to reduce risk from market drops, interest rate hikes, or currency changes by taking offsetting positions. Speculation, by comparison, focuses on profit from price moves and catalysts but ...

Hedge funds are more in demand than ever. For the second year in a row, hedge funds — the group of firms including Citadel, Millennium, D.E. Shaw, and Bridgewater — are the most sought-after asset ...

Mutual funds are required to provide daily liquidity to investors. While daily liquidity in a vacuum is valuable, this requirement, in the context of hedge fund strategies, severely limits a manager’s ...

A detailed analysis examines various methods to protect investments when market downturns occur. The article reviews several techniques and provides insight into how each strategy works. Investors can ...

NEW YORK, July 16, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Unlimited, an investment firm and ETF sponsor that uses proprietary technology to provide low-cost alternative strategies to a variety of investors, ...

Hedge funds accelerated short selling at an unprecedented pace last week as global equity markets faced intense pressure, according to Goldman Sachs’ latest prime brokerage data. The report, covering ...

Cross hedging is a strategy to mitigate risk by taking opposite positions in two positively correlated assets. Understand its application with examples.

The global hedge fund industry has reported a 12.6% annual return in 2025, marking the highest since the global financial crisis. Stock-picking strategies that bet both long and short on equity ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Players in the $1.4 trillion (858 million pounds) hedge fund industry employ a huge array of tactics in their efforts to maximise returns. Below is a summary of the main strategies ...

It is rare that I offer hedging strategies beyond holding some extra cash short-term. The last time I did was January 2022. Before that I hedged a bit in February 2020 and January 2018. I am doing ...

LONDON, Aug 28 (Reuters) - Players in the $1.4 trillion hedge fund industry employ a huge array of tactics in their efforts to maximise returns. Below is a summary of the main strategies and their ...