Comments on: A Reluctant Stock Rally http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/09/a-reluctant-stock-rally/ Macro Perspective on the Capital Markets, Economy, Geopolitics, Technology, and Digital Media Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:38:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: Mark Wolfinger http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/09/a-reluctant-stock-rally/comment-page-1/#comment-217539 Mark Wolfinger Mon, 21 Sep 2009 12:22:24 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=38751#comment-217539 Investors may be reluctant to lose more money? Gee whiz. "They want more safety, preservation of capital." Why isn't anyone (besides me) recommending that investors use collars to guarantee limited losses - while still leaving room for making money in a rally? This video suggests ETFs and Indexes may be what investors seek. But imagine how well protected against loss they would be if they collared those investments. Options can be used to reduce risk. That should be a more widely known fact. http://blog.mdwoptions.com/Options_for_Rookies Investors may be reluctant to lose more money? Gee whiz.

“They want more safety, preservation of capital.”

Why isn’t anyone (besides me) recommending that investors use collars to guarantee limited losses – while still leaving room for making money in a rally? This video suggests ETFs and Indexes may be what investors seek. But imagine how well protected against loss they would be if they collared those investments.

Options can be used to reduce risk. That should be a more widely known fact.

http://blog.mdwoptions.com/Options_for_Rookies

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