asset allocation | april 8, 2025
Insights Out: Options With Options—The Basics
Learn the basics about options, including puts, calls, and the potential for flexibility.
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Stefan Hubrich
Head of Global Multi-Asset Research
Gerard Brunick
Senior Quantitative Investment Analyst, Multi-Asset
Key Insights
Discover the basics of options contracts that provide rights without obligations to buy or sell securities.
Learn the difference between American and European options, impacting when you can exercise your financial decisions.
Explore how options can provide some flexibility, mitigating some volatility in return for a cost.
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Derivatives, such as options, may be riskier or more volatile than other types of investments because they are generally more sensitive to changes in market or economic conditions; risks include currency risk, leverage risk, liquidity risk, index risk, pricing risk, and counterparty risk.
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