How he generated these returns was always a mystery — he claimed to be offsetting the downside risks of his stock purchases by selectively using options to hedge the portfolio.
— has a very good answer: because we're in a liquidity trap, and the Fed can't offset the economic downside.
What can young scientists, wherever they are, do to offset the potential downsides of working in a multidisciplinary field?
The trials design attraction of providing a sham treatment was, we felt, offset by the downside of the control group receiving an intervention (transport away from the normal ward) that carried at least some risk of a negative therapeutic effect.
As he sees it, "no matter how high the premium, it won't offset the stock's considerable downside risk".
A minority of the schemes most of which promote geographic mobility do not include social security benefits, but many of these try to offset this downside by offering allowances for travel, family support, and private pensions.
The United States Preventive Services Task Force, an independent panel that issues guidelines on cancer screening, found last November that the downside of routine annual mammograms for younger women might offset the benefits of early detection.
Another serious downside risk is that no action would be agreed to offset the large degree of fiscal tightening implied by current law in the United States.
"Emotional rebellions offset the power-loving side".
