Worch graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Business from Virginia Tech in May 1999, where he majored in Finance. Ryan Worch began his career in finance in 1999 at Newby and Company as an assistant trader and broker. Long-short seeks to augment traditional long-only investing by taking advantage of profit opportunities from securities identified as both under-valued and over-valued. Jim Caron, Portfolio Manager and Head of Global Macro Strategies for the Global Fixed Income Team, shares his top-down macro thematic views on key market drivers. Our monthly Global Equity Observer shares our thoughts on world events as seen through the lens of our high quality investment process. The firm also offers customized allocations and recommendations to investors seeking to build broadly diversified, global investment portfolios. A popular variation of the long-short model is that of the “pair trade,” which involves offsetting a long position on a stock with a short position on another stock in the same sector. Even if Intel advances to $23-since the same factors typically drive stocks up or down in a specific sector-the strategy would still be profitable at $500, although much less so. If Microsoft rises to $35 and Intel falls to $21, the overall profit on this strategy would be $3,500. The ideal situation for this long-short strategy would be for Microsoft to appreciate and for Intel to decline. Investment Strategies For Extremely Volatile Markets.
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