US stock investors splurge on cheap options hedges with VIX near four-year lows
By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed NEW YORK (Reuters) – Traders on Friday piled into U.S. stock options contracts that would pay out if volatility jumped from …
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Hefty options ‘disaster hedges’ draw buyers as US stocks extend rally
By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed NEW YORK (Reuters) – A string of hefty bets on a doubling of Wall Street’s best known volatility index is raising …
Investors spurn options hedges as U.S. stock rally crushes fear
By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed NEW YORK (Reuters) – Fear has plunged in the U.S. equity market following last week’s explosive rally, and some options mavens …
Greenlight bought Onex and NET Power shares in Q2, added index hedges -letter
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Greenlight Capital made investments in alternative asset manager Onex Corp and clean energy company NET Power during the second quarter but …
Investors bought bonds, stocks and inflation hedges in busy cenbank week-BofA
By Samuel Indyk LONDON (Reuters) – Investors flocked to stocks and bonds in the week to Wednesday, Bank of America global research said in a …
Options hedges against a break in US stock market calm at record high
By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed NEW YORK (Reuters) – Options traders are taking advantage of muted U.S. stock market gyrations to load up on contracts that …
U.S. gas producers skimped on price hedges and now face a reckoning
By Arathy Somasekhar HOUSTON (Reuters) – A rout in natural gas prices will hurt first-quarter earnings and cash flows at gas producers as hedges – …
U.S. shale producer EOG pays $847 million to settle third-quarter hedges
(Reuters) – Shale oil and gas producer EOG Resources Inc paid $847 million during the third quarter to settle wrong-way bets on energy prices, the …
Britain’s Domino’s Pizza hedges against rising wheat prices
By Shanima A -The British franchisee of pizza chain Domino’s is expecting more cost inflation this year and has hedged itself against wheat prices which …