The risk premium for options is rising in assets from stocks to gold, even as implied volatility on benchmark indexes has been either steady or falling for most of this year.

Stock market investors are having a pretty good year because the S&P 500 ( ^GSPC -0.28%) is up 15% so far, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq-100 has climbed by 20%. Investors with a high degree of exposure to ...

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There are many reasons these days to look for a hedge against uncertainty.

Gold is surging to records this year. With prices above $4,000 an ounce, how much should you have in your portfolio? We asked the pros to weigh in.

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Gold prices dipped on Monday as COVID-19 vaccine rollouts lifted riskier assets, overshadowing hopes for further U.S. fiscal and monetary stimulus.

Key Takeaways Ray Dalio at an event Tuesday said investors should allocate about 15% of their portfolios to gold. The precious metal recently traded around $4,000, reflecting a roughly 50% rise in ...

Gold is making waves with its price increasing by more than 50% over the past year and showing a compound annual growth rate ...

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...