I’m worried about the uncle point.
Kids wrestling to the uncle point
Stuck in the Middle with You
Why can’t I get the song “Stuck in the Middle With You” by the band Stealers Wheel out of my head? I wasn’t even around when it was popular, and I don’t enjoy the rest of the band’s music, but it still hums in the back of my mind during the trading day. It has…
Forrest Gump – Tail Risk Hedger?
Forrest Gump and the SS Jenny
Can CTA outperform tail hedging strategies in 2022?
In 2022, tail hedging with options and CTA will compete for returns.
Is There a Universal Tail Risk Hedging Strategy?
Universal Tail Risk
Tiger Global Management can’t survive the 2022 tech wreck
Tiger Global Management, one of the largest and most successful hedge funds over the last decade, is in the news because of severe losses. Chase Coleman is a Tiger Cub, the name given to the protégés of Julian Robertson, the famous macro fund manager from the 1990s. Anyone who says the losses were unpredictable…
Another disastrous tail risk hedge, the United States Governments response to Covid 19
A properly designed tail risk hedge cost effectively mitigates risk. In March of 2020, the US government shut down a small portion of the US economy, when it mandated risk measures to protect against the spread of COVID-19. The predominant sectors that were affected were the travel industry, in order to stop the spread from…
