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Does Hedged Investing Work?

By Dpinsen - 10 years ago (14, Aug 2015 5:00:46 AM)

A Blast From The Past

Hey Fellow Slopers,

Early last year, I posted about a hedged portfolio investing method we developed at Portfolio Armor. The basic idea was to find securities that had high expected returns over the next six months and were also relatively cheap to hedge, and then to buy and hedge a handful of those names every six months. One of you asked if I had backtested this method, and I hadn’t. So, I took a break from posting for a bit while I did that. The backtesting turned out to be a lot more time consuming than I anticipated, but it’s done and now I can share with you the results. First, a quick recap of the hedged portfolio method.

The Hedged Portfolio Method (more…)

Two Ways Of Locking In Intel Gains

By Dpinsen - 12 years ago (11, Apr 2014 7:36:54 PM)

In a post earlier this week, we looked at hedging one widely-traded stock that was within a few cents of its 52-week high, ADM (“Downside Protection For ADM”). Another stock in a similar position Wednesday was Intel (INTC). Shares of Intel rose fractionally Wednesday, closing at 26.98, within a few cents of their 52-week high of $27.12. (more…)

Downside Protection For ADM

By Dpinsen - 12 years ago (08, Apr 2014 4:17:30 PM)

In a post on Monday (“VXX Sucks”), our host Tim noted the double digit move in the VIX (though not in VXX, which has made longs’ money evaporate since inception) on the day. With volatility getting a mild bump, I thought I’d take a look at the hedging costs of a few widely-traded stocks trading near their 52-week highs. Agricultural powerhouse Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) was one that was relatively inexpensive to hedge. Here are two ways of doing that over the next several months. (more…)

After Facebook’s Fall

By Dpinsen - 12 years ago (05, Apr 2014 10:03:12 AM)

Losing Face

One of the bigger losers on Friday, when the Nasdaq lost 110 points, was Facebook (FB), which dropped 4.61% to $56.75, a buck and change away from the near-term bottom target for the stock hedge fund manager and market technician Tim Knight highlighted in a recent post (“Social Targets”). (more…)

Softening The Blow For Netflix Longs

By Dpinsen - 12 years ago (25, Mar 2014 8:40:48 PM)

Shares of Netflix (NFLX) dropped nearly 7% on Monday, as Carl Icahn told CNBC that he may have sold half of his Netflix stake. In a post last month (“Investing alongside Carl Icahn while limiting your downside risk”), we presented a hedged portfolio constructed out of the holdings of Carl Icahn’s Icahn Enterprises (IEP) by the automated portfolio construction tool at Portfolio Armor. That portfolio included a hedged Netflix position, circled below. (more…)