I last analyzed Alphabet (GOOG) (GOOGL) a little more than a month ago. My last article was titled "Google: Rule Of 40 Still Points To Buy" and was published by Seeking Alpha on Jan. 22, 2025. As ...

As a trader, I am always on the lookout for opportunities in the market, and lately, the Japanese Yen ETF (FXY) has caught my attention. The Yen has been particularly volatile recently, with a massive ...

Options are getting popular in the exchange-traded fund world. ETFs that use options have raked in around $5 billion in the last year, a sign that investors are growing more interested in alternative ...

Goldman Sachs named hedges that would protect investors’ gains during Tech drawdown risk in its Portfolio Hedging Toolkit report for January. Technology stocks (NYSEARCA:XLK) have hit all-time highs, ...

Hedge funds are ramping up options wagers signaling that the yuan’s rally against the dollar still has room to run. Their demand for options that become profitable if the yuan rises against the dollar ...

From alpha generation to portfolio resilience, a new era of options investing is unfolding as institutions turn to derivatives to navigate risk, boost returns, and unlock dynamic strategies in a ...

For hedge funds, last year’s popular index dispersion trade has increasingly morphed into more focused strategies. With tariff tantrums upending global markets, macroeconomic concerns have taken over, ...

The technology sector has been a primary driver of the U.S. stock market's rally in recent years, propelled by optimism surrounding artificial intelligence (AI) and semiconductor demand. However, ...

Investors are seeking S&P 500 downside protection as rate cuts shift focus to growth concerns. Hedging strategies include options contracts, indicating the smart money is bracing for volatility. S&P ...

If you want to know how your green stock portfolio is likely to perform next quarter, you should take a look at hedge funds’ options bets. That’s according to a newly published academic paper which ...

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 ...