“Nevertheless, these clear results are quite encouraging,” Seger said. The findings “show that many people are ready to consider the climate crisis in their everyday decisions, even in contexts where they only want to have a nice time and enjoy their meal.” Seger noted that for this to work, restaurants will need to … Read more
Annals of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology: “Factors contributing to underuse of epinephrine autoinjectors in pediatric patients with food allergy.” Tonya Winders, CEO and president, Allergy & Asthma Network. Allergy: “A majority of parents of children with peanut allergy fear using the epinephrine auto-injector.” The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice: “Community Use of … Read more
Mumbai: Many unsuspecting retail traders could be drifting towards unaffordable losses in stock options. As March equity derivative contracts come up for expiry on Thursday, stockbrokers are fretting over the likelihood of several option bets backfiring. This risk for traders stems from a situation where they are unable to square off their bets before the … Read more
Traders piled into options that oil could surge even further after rising to the highest since 2008, with some even placing low-cost bets that futures surpass $200 before the end of March. Prices to buy call options at higher prices surged Monday as the market assessed the possibility of a supply cut-off from Russia, one … Read more
Mumbai: The National Stock Exchange will add and India to the futures and options segment from the January series. The futures and options contracts on these two securities would be available for trading with effect from December 31, subject to fulfillment of eligibility criteria of quarter sigma computation cycle of December, the exchange said in … Read more
Three years after they got married, Alexandra Paul and her husband, Ian, wanted better birth control. Paul was fed up with side effects of the pill, so she switched to a diaphragm. But when contraceptive jelly gave her infections, she avoided using it. That put a crimp in their lovemaking. “Not having birth control in … Read more
Hedging is the act of managing the risk of possible adverse price movements, by using derivatives. Though one can hedge using several types of derivatives instruments, exchange-traded futures or options are most popular. HOW DOES ONE HEDGE WITH FUTURES? For hedging using futures, the hedger can take a position in the futures market and lock-in … Read more
By Cormac Mullen Traders need to reduce expectations that a delayed U.S. election result could upend markets, according to Goldman Sachs Group Inc. While a delayed outcome is a “tail risk,” a combination of early results, voter turnout, county-level data and the high correlation of polling errors across states suggests investors will have enough information … Read more
Bank Nifty futures recovered from its intraday low of 22,280 on Wednesday, spurred by buying at lower levels but 22,500 remains a strong resistance, shows weekly options data. Bank Nifty futures expiring on September 24 traded flat at 22,556 intraday. During the session, traders wrote 5 lakh more call options at the September 17 expiry … Read more
Mumbai: Traders bullish Reliance Industries could initiate a long calendar spread on its options. The strategy involves selling a 2100 front-month Call and the simultaneous purchase of a 2200 Call expiring August 27 for a target of Rs 2,300 next month. The idea is to take advantage of theta or time decay in the July … Read more