Create your own hedge fund : increase profits and reduce risk with ETFs and options / Mark D. Wolfinger.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wolfinger, Mark D.

Series:

Wiley trading.

Wiley trading

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hedging (Finance).

Stock options.

Exchange traded funds.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (254 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Discover a practical trading strategy that combines options and ETFs.Create Your Own Hedge Fund explains how exchange-traded funds can be used in conjunction with an options strategy to attain steady growth. Beginning with a tutorial on options and ETFs, the book goes on to describe both investment approaches in great detail providing you with a trading strategy that generates higher returns than buy-and-hold investing -- and allows you to reduce risk by adopting a hedging strategy. Filled with in-depth insights and expert advice, this book is intended for you if you're a sophis

Contents:

Create Your Own Hedge Fund; Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; PART I Outperforming the Market; CHAPTER 1 Modern Portfolio Theory; CHAPTER 2 Can You Beat the Market? Should You Try?; CHAPTER 3 Hedge Funds; PART II Exchange Traded Funds; CHAPTER 4 A Brief History of Mutual Funds and Exchange Traded Funds; CHAPTER 5 Traditional Mutual Funds; CHAPTER 6 Exchange Traded Funds; PART III Options; CHAPTER 7 What Is an Option and How Does an Option Work?; CHAPTER 8 More Options Basics; CHAPTER 9 Why Investors Buy and Sell Options

CHAPTER 10 Option Strategies You Can Use to Make Money: Covered Call WritingCHAPTER 11 Option Strategies You Can Use to Make Money: Uncovered Put Writing; CHAPTER 12 Historical Data: BuyWrite Index and Volatility Index; PART IV Putting It All Together; CHAPTER 13 Building a Portfolio; CHAPTER 14 Finding Your Style: Choosing an Option to Write; CHAPTER 15 Covered Call Writing in Action: A Year of Trading; CHAPTER 16 Uncovered Put Writing in Action; CHAPTER 17 Odds and Ends and Conclusion; Notes; Glossary; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 216-226) and index.

ISBN:

9786610273171

9781280273179

1280273178

9780471712046

0471712043

OCLC:

57597784