DD Support Board and Research Team

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I have a sizable portfolio of fixed income investments hedged the old fashioned way: I shun long maturities and buy investments that are inherently prudent.

I'm always leery of "products" that talk of hedging which can be unreliable and too costly to be worthwhile. Retirees who buy dangerous high yield investments dearly want to believe claims that risk has been hedged away by "proprietary" financial engineering by brilliant managers. In my opinion, that kind of hedging is mostly marketing and perhaps a con.

Best to start with quality rather than trying to bolt it on later with hedging.