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Trade Publication
Where the Wild Things Aren't: Using Derivatives and Leverage to Improve Portfolio Performance
May 13, 2010
In the current world of modest risk premia, investors face a choice to limit their investment options, or diversify and build more stable portfolios.
Working Paper
Beyond Basis Basics: Leverage Demand and Deviations from the Law of One Price
February 7, 2020
Bases are driven by intermediaries’ cost of capital and the amount of leverage demand for an asset. Focusing on leverage demand, we find bases negatively predict futures and spot market returns with the same sign in both global equities and currencies.
Journal Article
The Pitfalls of Leveraged and Inverse ETFs
May 1, 2009
As market volatility reaches historic highs, investors have responded in various ways, including investing in funds that aim to deliver returns that are either a positive or inverse multiple of a stated index.
Alternative Thinking
Why Do Most Investors Choose Concentration Over Leverage?
2Q 2012
Return-seeking investors must take risks—the question is which to take and to understand the tradeoffs involved. Most investors choose concentration risk, but we present arguments for a different approach.
Journal Article
Leveraged Exchange-Traded Funds: Admissible Leverage and Risk Horizon
December 18, 2012
In view of the increasing popularity of exchange-traded funds and their leveraged counterparts, the authors assert that it is important for investors to better evaluate the risk involved.