Downside Protection, the Insurance Put

Michael C. Thomsett

Chapter Chapter 4 in Options for Risk-Free Portfolios, 2013, pp 89-106 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Stock selection is a starting point for every portfolio. Even when you pick stocks expertly, however, market risk is never eliminated. A long portfolio is never completely safe, and this points to the value of puts to insure against downside risk.

Keywords: Stock Price; Market Risk; Downside Risk; Short Selling; Price Decline (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1057/9781137322265_5

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