by David Becker | Investing 101, Risk Management
Generally, when investors consider risk they focus on market risk and how an adverse movement in a stock or the broader markets will affect their portfolios. Market risk can be defined as the chance that an investment’s actual return differs from its expected...
by David Becker | Investing 101, Risk Management
Risk adjusted returns are the backbone of many successful investment strategies. In addition to strong portfolio management techniques, which include determining the loss and profit levels prior to entering a trade and investor should understand the returns they will...
by David Becker | Investing 101
Short selling a stock is the process of borrowing a stock, selling the stock, with the intention of repurchasing the stock once the market falls to a lower level. Investors can incorporate short sales into numerous types of strategies which include outright short...
by David Becker | Investing Strategy
Pair trading is a relative value trading strategy where an investor seeks to profit from the relative change in one stock or asset relative to another stock. Pair trading is considered market-neutral as the direction of the ratio between two stocks is not predicated...
by David Becker | Investing 101, Portfolio Strategy, Risk Management
The interest rate market is both a global and local market which affects both borrowers and lenders worldwide. Interest rates are the backbone to the housing markets and are the driving force behind consumer sentiment on a retail level as they influence credit card...
