When Bitcoin hit its high in December 2017, its total market cap was approximately $420 billion. By contrast when the five stocks in the FAANG plus MSFT hit their highs back in September/October 2018, ...

Peter Gratton, Ph.D., is a New Orleans-based editor and professor with over 20 years of experience in investing, economics, and public policy. Peter began covering markets at Multex (Reuters) and has ...

Hedge funds thrive off volatility, but for the average investor, it can be a daunting task to manage market fluctuations without the assistance of hedging strategies that these funds employ.

Futures are a popular asset class used to hedge against risk. Strictly speaking, investment risk can never be completely eliminated, though its impact can be mitigated or passed on. Hedging through ...

Six new contracts offer futures market participants access to tools tracking some of the most popular S&P and Nasdaq sector indices, including semiconductors and biotech New derived block ...

(MoneyWatch) Exchange-traded products (ETPs) that are linked to futures contracts on the CBOE S&P 500 Volatility Index (VIX) have grown dramatically in volume and assets since their inception in 2009.