What an interesting start to the investing year in 2016! The S&P has lost over 8% (dividends included!). Chinese shares are in the bear’s den. The shares of the high flying “FANG” company’s Facebook, Amazon, Netflix and Google are all down more than 7% in 2016 and January isn't even [...]
Buying long-term options on a company requires three things of an investor: 1) an understanding of how to assess and measure the value of a stock, 2) a willingness to ignore media talking heads in the short term, and 3) a thorough grasp of the dangers and benefits of leverage.Buy an electronic gadget and the salesperson will invariably ask if you want insurance on it.
Figure 3. Actual example of a protective put position on a legacy stock holding of Express Scripts . The owner of the stock is in a high tax bracket, so does not want to take profit on the security position. Buying a put offsets losses from a fall in stock price but are typically quite expensive.Protective puts on a single name are usually very high.
Other “hedging” problems can be solved with a bit of perspective. Nervous about that small cap stock that makes up 0.31% of your portfolio’s value? Even if it goes to zero, your net worth will hardly notice. If the volatile position bothers you, hit the sell button.
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