A detailed analysis examines various methods to protect investments when market downturns occur. The article reviews several techniques and provides insight into how each strategy works. Investors can ...

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I’ve written several times about currencies this year. It feels like an asset class that will be at the center of many of the defining narratives of the years and decades ahead. I wrote in August ...

Hedging aims to reduce risk from market drops, interest rate hikes, or currency changes by taking offsetting positions. Speculation, by comparison, focuses on profit from price moves and catalysts but ...

Stocks have risen for so long, with so few interruptions, that a little market weakness creates lingering investor unease, ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Players in the $1.4 trillion hedge fund industry employ a huge array of tactics in their efforts to maximize returns. Below is a summary of the main strategies and their performance ...

Equity long/short hedge funds triumphed in 2025, with healthcare-focused managers the standout performers. But industry data provider PivotalPath warns of continued correlation between hedge funds and ...

Five years ago, veteran hedge fund trader Ed Cooper gave up his independence to join a group of peers betting on corporate deals at industry titan Millennium Management. Now he’s back on his own again ...

A big JPMorgan fund reset a hedging strategy in a move that could impact the broader stock market at the end of the year. The JPMorgan Hedged Equity Fund JHEQX, with $21 billion in assets, implemented ...

The global hedge fund industry has surged past the $5 trillion asset mark, a milestone reflecting not only strong performance but also an evolution in how hedge funds position themselves in investment ...