Commentary
I’ve been seeing a lot of important questions recently from amateur investors regarding some of the more advanced topics in the investing world. Many people have been taught about things like diversification and dollar cost averaging, but don’t really understand concepts like hedging, offsetting different kinds of risk, or shorting stocks. That’s not a problem because no one is born knowing these things, and these topics are rarely discussed in detail on popular finance shows. Let’s go over some of the basics of how to think about hedging, and along the way, we’re going to show you some of the specific ways we address risk in our own portfolio.