The best method to invest around the upcoming Brexit vote is both an entertaining and important issue for professional asset managers. There are two components of such analysis: 1) Will the British actually vote to leave Europe? 2) If a Bremain or Brexit does or does not occur, what is the best method to hedge / trade the event? Goldman Sachs noted options researchers Krag Gregory and Aleksandar Timcenko take a look at the issue and include trade recommendations around what some think is the highest probability: Bremain. Stocks rallying on Bremain feel-good sentiment as Goldman looks under the market’s hood…
Goldman Weighs In On Bremain Hedging, Not So Much With Brexit
Mark Melin
Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.