Advisor Insight

Two Simple Tools to Help Grow your Business in a Volatile Market

In the current market you probably have a number of clients who are looking to reduce their portfolio’s risk and volatility. A strategy that is easy to explain is the purchase of protective puts: buy puts against a long stock position – the client maintains his stock position and its upside potential and the put offers downside protection against any further decline in the overall market or of a particular stock. Clients recognize this as a form of insurance, a financial product they already purchase for their house, their car, their life.

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