We need to talk about tail risk protection

Over the past decade, the proliferation of tail protection strategies has added a useful weapon to the investor armoury, one that did not exist for most of the history of investment markets.

That relatively few investors allocate to such strategies is mostly down to the perception that tail protection has a negative expected value, something that twelve years of QE has not helped.

This thinking needs challenging! Once all the portfolio benefits have been considered – before, during and after a crisis – I believe successful tail protection has a high positive expected return.

You can download my full report on tail risk protection below.

Time to talk about Tail Risk Protection

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