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Posts tagged as “Hedge”

What Can We Learn From The Most Successful Companies In The World?

The world's most successful companies—those that not only achieve market dominance but also sustain it across decades and economic cycles—do not succeed by accident. Their triumph is not merely a function of a single groundbreaking product or a brilliant advertising campaign, but rather the result of an integrated and relentlessly executed philosophy.

130-30 Strategy

The 130-30 Strategy is an investment methodology used by institutional investors, hedge funds, and asset managers, often referred to as a long-short equity strategy.

Most-Held Stocks by Hedge Funds

Here are some of the most-held stocks by hedge funds, based on recent (2024-2025) data and 13F filings. These are the companies that show up most often in hedge-fund portfolios.

Financial Econometrics

Financial econometrics applies statistical methods and mathematical models to financial data, offering a way to analyze market trends, test economic theories, and guide practical decision-making.

Quantitative Finance

Quantitative finance—often referred to as “quant finance”—has become a cornerstone of modern markets, blending mathematics, statistics, and computer science with traditional financial theory.

Apathetic Shareholders

"Apathetic shareholders," often referred to as "rational apathy," is a concept in corporate governance that describes the tendency of many shareholders, particularly individual retail investors, to not participate in the voting process for corporate matters.

Basics of Swaps

A swap is a derivative contract where two parties agree to exchange the cash flows from two different financial instruments over a specified period.

Basics of Forwards Contracts

A forward contract is a private, non-standardized agreement between two parties to buy or sell an asset at a pre-agreed-upon price on a specific date in the future.

Basics of Futures Contracts

A futures contract is a standardized, legally binding agreement to buy or sell a specific asset at a predetermined price on a specified date in the future. These contracts are traded on a futures exchange and are used for two primary purposes: hedging and speculation.

Meme Stocks: The Rise, the Risk, and the Reality

Suddenly, obscure or struggling companies were seeing their stock prices skyrocket, not because of earnings reports or promising innovations, but because millions of everyday investors on platforms like Reddit, Twitter, and TikTok had decided to make them soar.