Why Options Matter If futures and swaps are about stabilising outcomes, options are about shaping them. They introduce something new into our toolkit: choice. An option gives you the right, but not the obligation, to make a trade in the…
In the second iteration of this derivatives course, we will fly past all the definitions we outlined in the introductory blog and now explore how derivatives are used to reduce risk. Essentially, in the first blog, we understood and oiled…
U.S. President Donald Trump seems to be back in deal mode. New trade deals with South Korea and the European Union have been completed, while negotiations with China are seemingly heading in the right direction. However, the recent completion of…
In recent weeks global markets have been in turmoil. Major stock indices have seen their greatest losses since the COVID pandemic, and tech stock CEOs have had billions wiped off their net worth. But even in chaos, some players always…
Soros, Icahn, Buffet, Lynch. What do all of these investors have in common? They all consistently dominated the market index in their era, producing unheard-of levels of alpha. Over time, finding opportunities to generate excess returns from the market average…
