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Risk Management Principles

The Macro Trading Floor

CHAPTER

Managing Risk with Options and Analyzing Gold as an Asset

Exploring the use of expensive but beneficial options for risk management, implicit and explicit drift in assets like gold, equities, and FX carry trades, and the performance of gold as an inflation hedge compared to T-bills and equities. The chapter also outlines the significance of measuring carry in relation to the risk-free rate and discusses the comparison between passive and active investing in terms of performance and fees.

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