Justina Lee

The Monday meltdown across assets is hammering a slew of derivatives trades betting on enduring calm in the stock market — threatening to set off a chain reaction that could intensify the global turbulence.

There's at least one silver lining from this week's drama on Wall Street and beyond: Key defensive investing strategies are alive and well — restoring faith in hedging trades that have misfired in recent years.

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A popular hedge-fund trade betting on calm is reloading after the equity selloff, even as some critics warn it helped fuel the recent turmoil.

(Bloomberg) -- Chris Pulman used to spend two days prepping previews for central bank meetings. Now it can take the chief economist at Balyasny Asset Management as little as 30 minutes.

Fast-money proponents remain steadfast in their conviction that their investments will reap tangible wins.

Cliff Asness says he sounds like an “old man whinging,” but that's not stopping him from writing 23 pages on his latest thesis : Financial markets these days aren't what they were.

Cliff Asness says he sounds like an “old man whinging,” but that’s not stopping him from writing 23 pages on his latest thesis: Financial markets these days aren’t what they were.

It's no secret that the index-fund revolution is shaking up Corporate America, as the likes of BlackRock and Vanguard Group become ever-more dominant investors in the world's biggest companies.

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