From The Editor. Issue 22: Rivkin Trading Report Special Edition on Global Volatility

Oliver Gordon and Kristian Dibble

Welcome to Issue 22 of From the Editor.  Recent natural disasters and geopolitical events have dramatically altered the trends of various financial markets, introducing some fear and volatility that was not otherwise present.  The temporary departure of an uptrend in equity markets poses problems for a ‘long only’ equity investor (one who can only profit from a stock market that goes up), which has prompted us to highlight the opportunities that are present outside of the world of simply owning shares.

As some clients already know, Rivkin has a business unit that focuses on financial market recommendations that do not rely on stock markets continually rising, because, as we all know, markets fall as sharply--if not more sharply--as they rise.  This business unit is run by analysts and dealers who focus on much more than local shares: metals, agriculture, currencies, bonds, foreign equities – you name it, we analyse it.  We also just as willingly take a negative view (short) as a positive view (long) on a security, giving us the flexibility to profit from markets that rise and fall.

This From the Editor takes a glimpse at what has been happening in Rivkin’s business, with regard to our ‘trading’ products, chiefly The Rivkin Trading Report and Contracts for Difference (CFD) dealing.  We hope you enjoy it.