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60/40 is Dead. Long Live 80/20/40.
The traditional 60/40 portfolio—a mix of 60% stocks and 40% bonds—is suffering through one of its worst periods in history. Although the demise of the 60/40 portfolio has been predicted before, investors may now face a new regime of high inflation and rising correlations between equities and fixed income.
Talk Your Book: I Need To Do Some Hedging Trades
SpiderRock Advisors’ own Eric Metz recently joined the Animal Spirits podcast for a great discussion focused on the many use cases of option overlays. Specifically, ways to de-risk concentrated stocks, portfolios, and use options as a tax loss harvesting tool.
BLACKROCK MAKES MINORITY INVESTMENT IN SPIDERROCK ADVISORS
NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–BlackRock (NYSE: BLK) and SpiderRock Advisors have entered into a strategic venture to expand access for wealth firms and financial advisors to professionally managed, options-based separately managed account (SMA) strategies.