By Marc Lichtenfeld While chatting with a hedge fund manager friend online last week, as we marveled at the continuous new highs in the market, he typed, “Literally no risk owning stocks right now.”
Of course he knows there is risk owning stocks – but his statement emphasizes how it seems like the market goes up every day and everyone has a “risk on” mentality.
And over the past year, I’ve noticed that my readers have become willing to take on more risk. Options have become a popular trading tool, as they offer the ability to put just a little money at risk yet achieve …read more
