Derivatives & Trading

Magazine articles on active trading strategies, hedge funds, futures, options, and other derivatives.

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The Motley Fool September 14, 2006 Jim Fink	Turning "Dead Money" Into Gold Profit from stocks going nowhere. Use stock options (the put and call variety) to profit from a stagnating market.
Financial Advisor September 2006 Cohen & Overgard	Asset Allocation And Investor Goals What investors and financial advisors should know about portfolio construction from the first decade of hedge funds.
Financial Planning September 1, 2006 David A. Twibell	When Neutral Is Good Market-neutral funds seek to minimize market risk while generating equity-like returns.
The Motley Fool August 30, 2006 Alex Dumortier	Betting on Ernesto HedgeStreet is a reminder that insurance and reinsurance companies (and by extension, their investors) are in the business of making educated bets on the likelihood of future events.
Wall Street & Technology August 22, 2006	CDS Processing Cost to Peak in '06 Despite the high volumes, which are expected to continue to swell, processing costs for CDSs are expected to peak in 2006 at approximately $700 million.
Wall Street & Technology August 21, 2006 Tim Clark	Affirmative Action A flood of new solutions hits the credit derivatives space in an effort to stem the risk of backlogged paperwork.
The Motley Fool August 16, 2006 Zoe Van Schyndel	ETFs Bring the Bling Here's a way for ordinary investors to benefit from trends in commodity markets. But some commodity ETFs might turn out to be fool's gold, while others are the real thing. Learn about the risks involved before you invest.
The Motley Fool August 11, 2006 Dan Passarelli	Options: Not Just a Bunch of Bull You can profit from a stock's decline with limited risk if you use put options.
Geotimes August 2006 Kathryn Hansen	BP Halts North Slope Oil Pipeline In the latest blow to the energy giant, the company started shutting down pipelines that transport oil from the Prudhoe Bay oil field on Alaska's North Slope. The announcement raised oil prices by more than $2 per barrel on the NY Merchantile Exchange, putting the price at $76.98.
The Motley Fool August 1, 2006 Mike Norman	The Reason for High Oil Prices The rise in oil prices has become a very pressing issue. All the talk in the world about what will stop the energy price rise is moot if we fail to see it as a consequence of speculation, not supply and demand.
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