In a post last week (“Priceline’s Wild Ride”), Tim noted that Priceline (PCLN) was up 7400% since its 2003 nadir. In this post, I’ll go over how an investor can build a hedged portfolio around a position in Priceline, and show an example of one. Let’s quickly review some of the basics of hedged portfolios, and then see how we can go about creating one around a Priceline.com position for an investor with $1,000,000 to invest, who wants to maximize his potential return while limiting his downside risk to a drawdown of no more than 17% in a worst-case scenario. (more…)
Slope of Hope Blog Posts
Slope initially began as a blog, so this is where most of the website’s content resides. Here we have tens of thousands of posts dating back over a decade. These are listed in reverse chronological order. Click on any category icon below to see posts tagged with that particular subject, or click on a word in the category cloud on the right side of the screen for more specific choices.
Weekend Warriors (3 of 4)
Happy Sunday……..and our list of awesome short setups continues…..if you’re wondering where the “4 of 4” set is, that’s in Slope+ land, which you are welcome to join. The coupon code “hearts” still works for a free month of service ($29.95) if you’d like to give it a try.
