Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

It may seem like a simple objective but methods of getting absolute returns differ widely, says Adam Courtenay. An "absolute" return is, in essence, a return above zero. But ask two absolute return ...

Absolute return strategies are known for getting positive returns in volatile markets, with preserving capital a specialty of managers in the asset class. But who are they for? Well, ARCO Investment ...

Much of the confusion about what an absolute-return portfolio is arises from the rather cavalier way that some of these funds are labeled. Many funds are advertised as absolute-return plays simply ...