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Stocks continue surging to record highs. Here's how to hedge

Cnbc · · 419 words · By Michael Khouw
S&P 500 Volatility Market Hedging Strategy Risk Management
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6 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“The S&P 500 has staged an impressive recovery, rallying more than 17% off its March lows”
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While the evidence provides general S&P 500 data and mentions growth in 2023 and 2024, none of the provided sources specifically confirm a '17% rally off March lows'. The available data is too general to verify the specific percentage and timeframe.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This article is a summary of the closing milestones of the S&P 500 Index, a United States stock market index.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Closing_milestones_of_the_S&P_…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The S&P 500 is a stock market index maintained by S&P Dow Jones Indices. It comprises 503 common stocks which are issued by 500 large-cap companies traded on American stock exchanges (including the 30…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_S&P_500_companies
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — S&P 500 (Standard and Poor's 500) is a stock market index tracking the stock performance of 500 leading companies listed on stock exchanges in the United States. It is one of the most commonly followe…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S&P_500
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“With the VIX sitting in the high teens”
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One web search result explicitly states the VIX sits at 17.28 as of December 18, 2025, which is in the 'high teens'. Another source mentions it returning to 23.87 previously, supporting the general range of volatility described.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (formerly CBOE Holdings) is an American financial exchange operator headquartered in Chicago. It owns and operates a portfolio of exchanges and trading venues across equities…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cboe_Global_Markets
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — VIX is the ticker symbol and popular name for the Chicago Board Options Exchange's CBOE Volatility Index, a popular measure of the stock market's expectation of volatility based on S&P 500 index optio…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VIX
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In finance, volatility (usually denoted by "σ") is the degree of variation of a trading price series over time, usually measured by the standard deviation of logarithmic returns. Historic volatility m…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volatility_(finance)
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“Treasury yields are elevated relative to year-to-date lows”
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Evidence from Google News and Investing.com indicates that the 10-year Treasury yield has hit its highest level in 10 months and rose to 4.68% on May 20, 2026, confirming that yields are currently elevated relative to previous lows.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Department of the Treasury (USDT) is the national treasury and finance department of the federal government of the United States. It is one of 15 current U.S. government departments. The treasury …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States secretary of the treasury is the head of the United States Department of the Treasury, and is the chief financial officer of the federal government of the United States. The secretar…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — United States Treasury securities, also called Treasuries or Treasurys, are government debt instruments issued by the United States Department of the Treasury to finance government spending as a suppl…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Treasury_securit…
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“gold, despite retreating from its January peak, continues to signal that institutional safe-haven demand has not evaporated”
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The evidence mentions gold price drops and a record high in 1980, but does not provide specific data regarding a 'January peak' or current 'institutional safe-haven demand' to verify the claim.
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web search NEUTRAL — But on Friday, the gold price plummeted more than 9%, its sharpest one-day drop since 1983, before a further decline on Monday. A slight recovery on Tuesday saw it rise more than 5%, and that rise con…
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c87r2700dq8o
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web search NEUTRAL — On January 21, 1980, the price of gold reached a then-record high of $850.
https://www.macrotrends.net/1333/historical-gold-prices-100-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Juerg Kiener, managing director and chief investment officer of Swiss Asia Capital, discusses whether the gold rally can be sustained.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2pyGbLDuwg
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“The equal-weighted S&P 500 has stalled near prior highs even as the cap-weighted index pushes higher”
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The evidence explains the difference between cap-weighted and equal-weighted indices and provides current SPX price ranges, but does not provide the specific performance data for the equal-weighted S&P 500 to confirm it has 'stalled'.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This article is a summary of the closing milestones of the S&P 500 Index, a United States stock market index.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Closing_milestones_of_the_S&P_…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The S&P 500 is a stock market index maintained by S&P Dow Jones Indices. It comprises 503 common stocks which are issued by 500 large-cap companies traded on American stock exchanges (including the 30…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_S&P_500_companies
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — S&P 500 (Standard and Poor's 500) is a stock market index tracking the stock performance of 500 leading companies listed on stock exchanges in the United States. It is one of the most commonly followe…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S&P_500
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“one can pay about $7.40 or ~1% of the current level of SPY to buy the June 26th weekly $730 strike puts”
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The provided evidence for this claim is completely irrelevant, returning general definitions of 'cost' and information about Costco Wholesale (the company), rather than SPY option pricing data.
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web search NEUTRAL — Cost is the value of money that has been used up to produce something or deliver a service, and hence is not available for use anymore. In business, the cost may be one of acquisition, in which case t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cost
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web search NEUTRAL — Official website for Costsco Wholesale. Shop by departments, or search for specific item(s).
https://www.costco.com/
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web search NEUTRAL — Find the latest Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST) stock quote, history, news and other vital information to help you with your stock trading and investing.
https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/COST/?fr=sycsrp_catchall
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