Posts Tagged ‘hedge your stock portfolio’

Trading the VIX to Hedge Stock Market Volatility

By Aaron Fennell • Jun 21st, 2010 • Category: Broker Commentary, Market Updates

by Aaron Fennell If you trade stocks, you may have heard the financial media talk about something called the VIX, also commonly referred to as the “fear index.” VIX stands for Market Volatility Index, and it represents how investors perceive volatility in the marketplace. The VIX tends to peak during times the stock market is [...]


Short Sellers Rule Stocks in January

By Kristina Zurla Landgraf • Feb 10th, 2010 • Category: Educational, The Lighter Side

The Wall Street Journal reported  that short-selling proved quite popular among stock investors in the second half of January at the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Market. “In the exchanges’ latest twice-a-month statistics, for the period ended Jan. 29, the number of short-selling positions at the NYSE not yet closed out, known [...]