If you're trying to build wealth, sharp market downturns are your worst enemy. And nowadays, they're happening far more often: in the last 18 years, the S&P 500 has experienced sixteen violent declines. Institutions and professional investors have mastered powerful hedging techniques for dramatically reducing the risks of market volatility. Now, you can do it, too--and you can't afford not to. In Buy and Hedge, two leading investment experts show how to apply hedging as part of a long-term program for growing and preserving your assets. CNBC Fast Money guest Jay Pestrichelli and seasoned financial industry veteran Wayne Ferbert show how to systematically protect yourself against violent downward moves while giving your portfolio maximum room to run in upward markets. The authors' techniques are easy to use, can be applied to most investment vehicles, and--once implemented--require surprisingly little "care and feeding." You'll discover how to take advantage of the hedge-building mechanisms built into low-cost index funds… invest in your ideas with confidence, because you've hedged the downside… systematically manage portfolios for risk as well as return… master and apply the "5 Iron Rules of Buy & Hedge"… use options to manage risk, not to create excess leverage… generate more dividends… effectively manage cash… and much more!
About the AuthorWayne Ferbert is a cofounder and principal of ZEGA Financial, LLC, a Registered Investment Advisor. He has spent his entire 17-year career in financial services, with 10 of them in the online brokerage segment with TD Ameritrade. In addition to managing business development as a member of the Senior Operating Committee at Ameritrade, which included M&A and market research, he ran product development. Prior to Ameritrade, he worked in planning and analysis roles at a Fortune 500 insurance firm and then a Fortune 500 bank. Wayne has an MBA in finance from Loyola University (Maryland) and a BSBA in finance from Bucknell University. He has his series 65 license. He resides in Ellicott City, Maryland, with his family. He has three daughters, ages 6, 8, and 9, and coaches their soccer team.
Jay Pestrichelli is a cofounder and principal of ZEGA Financial, LLC, a Registered Investment Advisor. He has 20 years of experience in business management, with 12 years in the online brokerage field with TD Ameritrade and Datek On-Line. As manager of the Active Trading business, he helped drive it to become number one in trade volume of U.S. brokers. During that time he was a regular contributor as a subject matter expert on CNBC’s Fast Money , provided video interviews for CNN, and has been regularly quoted in publications such as The Wall Street Journall and SmartMoney. Licenses include series 7, 63, 65, 24, 4, and 3. Jay resides in Omaha, Nebraska, with his wife, Lynn, and 6-year-old son, Zander.