Wolfinger Create Your Own Hedge Fund

Increase Profits and Reduce Risks with ETFs and Options
1. Auflage 2005
ISBN: 978-0-471-71204-6
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 256 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Wiley Trading Series

Discover a practical trading strategy that combines options andETFs.
Create Your Own Hedge Fund explains how exchange-tradedfunds can be used in conjunction with an options strategy to attainsteady growth. Beginning with a tutorial on options and ETFs, thebook goes on to describe both investment approaches in great detailproviding you with a trading strategy that generates higher returnsthan buy-and-hold investing -- and allows you to reduce risk byadopting a hedging strategy. Filled with in-depth insights andexpert advice, this book is intended for you if you're asophisticated individual investor or a professional investor,trader, or other money manager looking to update your arsenal ofinvestment tools.
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Autoren/Hrsg.

Wolfinger, Mark

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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 TradedFunds.
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: CoveredCall Writing.
CHAPTER 11: Option Strategies You Can Use to Make Money:Uncovered Put Writing.
CHAPTER 12: Historical Data: BuyWrite Index and VolatilityIndex.
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 ofTrading.
CHAPTER 16: Uncovered Put Writing in Action.
CHAPTER 17: Odds and Ends and Conclusion.
Notes.
Glossary.
Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Mark D. Wolfinger has been in the options business since 1977, starting as a market maker on the trading floor of the Chicago Board Options Exchange. He also worked for trading companies as an off-floor trader, trainer of newly hired traders, and risk manager. For the past four years, Mark has served as an educator of public investors, showing them how to intelligently and conservatively use stock options. This is his second book on options.