With last months hedge position expiring with a small $314 profit last Friday I need to make a decision as to whether to continue to hedge my portfolios or to leave them unhedged – since last month’s hedge turned out to be unnecessary as US Equity markets surged over 12% higher in the past 3 […]
Portfolio Hedge: 27 March 2026
On 24 March I added the following comment to my Portfolio Hedging Post of 20 March (https://itawealth.com/portfolio-hedging/): “With the drop in the SPX I have added another risk reversal to my hedge position by buying the 6400/6395 Put Spread and financing this by selling the 6800/6805 Call Spread for a net credit of 0.60 or […]
Portfolio Hedging
Warning: This post is likely of no direct interest to most readers of this Blog – it is written for education and interest only, and outlines one of the potential advantages of using Options for portfolio insurance. These are nervous times and we should be concerned about preserving our hard-earned wealth in the months ahead. […]
Darwin Portfolio Review: 31 October 2025
US Equities reached new all-time highs again this week as the SPX (S&P 500 Index) closed the week ~0.7% higher than last week’s close: After hitting the new highs on Wednesday the markets sold off a little on higher than average volume on Thursday but the uptrend remains firmly in place.
Darwin Portfolio Review: 24 October 2025
US Equities hit new all-time highs again this week with the SPX (S&P 500 Index) closing ~2% higher than last week’s close and butting it’s head against the 6800 level (previous highs ~2 weeks ago):
Rutherford-Darwin Portfolio Review: 12 September 2025
US Equities hit more new all-time highs again this week as the SPX (S&P 500 Index) closed up ~1.6% from last week’s close:
Rutherford-Darwin Portfolio Review: 5 September 2025
After a shaky start on Tuesday, after the Labor Day weekend, US equities rallied for the remainder of the week to close up ~0.3% from last week’s close and at new all-time highs:
Dirac Portfolio Review: 29 August 2025
The Dirac Portfolio was launched a little over 2 months ago to try to capture possible benefits from sector rotations within the US Equity markets. As such the S&P 500 is taken as the benchmark index with SPY as the representative ETF benchmark. To date, performance looks like this: with an Internal Rate of Return […]
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