UVIX: A Tail Hedge Idea

2026-05-01 14:04:14 ET

Thesis

Tail hedges are hard to find, and most often investors just buy put options that get the premium squeezed out. There are very few buy-and-hold hedges out there, and most of them only do well in black swan scenarios. For example, we reviewed The Alpha Architect Tail Risk ETF ( CAOS ) here and determined that this name would only perform during scenarios such as Covid. We also reviewed the AGF US Market Neutral Anti-Beta Fund ETF ( BTAL ), which in the past has been flat during slightly positive years in the S&P 500 ( SPX ), but this year has done absolutely horribly. ...

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