Edward Szado

Providence College

Associate Professor, Finance

United States

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

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Scholarly Papers (20)

1.

An Update of 'Loosening Your Collar: Alternative Implementations of QQQ Collars': Credit Crisis and Out-of-Sample Performance

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 18 Nov 2009 Last Revised: 09 Mar 2011
Edward Szado and Thomas Schneeweis
Providence College and University of Massachusetts Amherst - Isenberg School of Management
Downloads 1,365 (31,606)
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Risk, management, QQQ, Collar, Active, Options, Strategy, Credit, Crisis

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The Risk and Return Characteristics of the Buy-Write Strategy on the Russell 2000 Index

Journal of Alternative Investments, Spring 2007
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 01 Mar 2007
Nikunj Kapadia and Edward Szado
University of Massachusetts Amherst - Department of Finance and Providence College
Downloads 1,264 (35,390)
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options buy-write strategy covered call russell

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Hedge Fund Legal Structure and its Impact on Performance

Number of pages: 21 Posted: 21 May 2008
Raj Gupta and Edward Szado
American College of Healthcare Trustees and Providence College
Downloads 1,064 (45,448)

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Hedge, fund, structure, 3c1, 3c7, llp, llc, legal, corporate, governance

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15 Years of the Russell 2000 Buy-Write

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 17 Sep 2011
Nikunj Kapadia and Edward Szado
University of Massachusetts Amherst - Department of Finance and Providence College
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Russell, Buy, Write, Covered Call Options, Trading Strategy, Risk Management, Capital Protection

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Managed Futures: A Composite CTA Performance Review

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 24 Jan 2013
University of Massachusetts Amherst - Isenberg School of Management, Clark University - Graduate School of Management and Providence College
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Hedge Funds, database, biases, TASS, CISDM, HFR, CTA, Managed Futures

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Redefining Hedge Fund Alpha and Risk Exposures after the Financial Crisis

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 12 Nov 2009 Last Revised: 29 Nov 2009
Raj Gupta, Hossein B. Kazemi and Edward Szado
American College of Healthcare Trustees, University of Massachusetts at Amherst - Isenberg School of Management and Providence College
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hedge fund performance, alpha financial credit crisis

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Selling VIX Futures and Options for Portfolio Return Enhancement

Number of pages: 55 Posted: 06 Jun 2019
Edward Szado
Providence College
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VIX, Short Volatility, Diversification, Crash Risk, Contango

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Environmental, Social, and Governance Practices and Perceived Tail Risk

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 13 Aug 2018 Last Revised: 01 Nov 2018
Michael Shafer and Edward Szado
Providence College and Providence College
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ESG, CSR, Tail Risk, Crash Risk

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The Portfolio Diversification Potential of Long VIX Futures and Options Strategies

Number of pages: 53 Posted: 06 Jun 2019
Edward Szado
Providence College
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VIX, Implie Volatility, VXTH, Futures, Options, Crash Risk, Crisis

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The Benefits of Private Equity

Journal of Investment Consulting, Vol. 9, No. 1, pp. 27-35, Fall 2008
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 12 Oct 2010
Thomas Schneeweis, Raj Gupta and Edward Szado
University of Massachusetts Amherst - Isenberg School of Management, American College of Healthcare Trustees and Providence College
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Private Equity

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Performance Analysis of Options-Based Equity Mutual Funds, Closed-End Funds, and Exchange-Traded Funds

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 06 Jun 2019
Keith Black and Edward Szado
Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst Association (CAIA) and Providence College
Downloads 234 (281,171)
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Options, Mutual Funds, Closed End Funds, ETF, Exchange Traded Funds, Buy-Write, Covered Call, Put Writing

12.

Setting the Benchmark: Spotlight on Private Equity

Number of pages: 21 Posted: 17 Nov 2020
PCRI, Harvard Business School, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN and Providence College
Downloads 109 (540,485)
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Alternative Assets, Private Equity, Benchmarking, PME, Valuation

13.

Issues in Hedge Fund Analysis: What a Difference a Day, Week, Month Makes

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 24 Jan 2013
University of Massachusetts Amherst - Isenberg School of Management, University of Massachusetts at Amherst - Isenberg School of Management and Providence College
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Hedge Fund, Bias, Biases, Database, Daily, Weekly, Monthly Returns, Performance

14.

Option Informed Stock Picking

http://jai.pm-research.com/content/21/1/48
Posted: 06 Jun 2019
Providence College, University of Massachusetts at Amherst - Isenberg School of Management and University of Massachusetts Amherst - Isenberg School of Management

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Implied Volatility, Stock Picking, Skew, Option Volume

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Performance Characteristics of Hedge Fund Replication Programs

Posted: 22 May 2019
Raj Gupta, Edward Szado and William Spurgin
American College of Healthcare Trustees, Providence College and University of Massachusetts Amherst

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Hedge Fund Replication, Clones, Performance, Factor, Distribution, Alpha

16.

Collaring the Cube: Protection Options for a QQQ ETF Portfolio

Posted: 22 May 2019
Edward Szado and Hossein B. Kazemi
Providence College and University of Massachusetts at Amherst - Isenberg School of Management

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collar, options, qqq, qqqq, etf, strategy, portfolio, protection, insurance, trading, option, exchange, traded, fund, funds

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VIX, Volatility, Diversification, Futures, Options, SPX, S&P 500, Financial Crisis, Credit Crisis, Protection, Puts, Calls

18.

Madoff: A Returns Based Analysis

Institute for Global Asset and Risk Management, January 6, 2009, https://doi.org/10.3905/jai.2010.2010.1.001
Posted: 22 May 2019
Thomas Schneeweis and Edward Szado
University of Massachusetts Amherst - Isenberg School of Management and Providence College

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Madoff, collars, options, Split Strike Conversion, Ponzi Scheme, fraud, Operational Risk, Hedge Funds

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Hedge Fund Database 'Deconstruction': Are Hedge Fund Databases Half Full or Half Empty?

Posted: 22 May 2019
University of Massachusetts Amherst - Isenberg School of Management, University of Massachusetts at Amherst - Isenberg School of Management and Providence College

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Hedge Fund Database, Biases, HFR, CISDM, TASS, Backfill, Survivorship, Duplication, Performance

20.

Hedge Fund Return-Based Style Estimation: A Review on Comparison Hedge Fund Indices

Posted: 22 May 2019
University of Massachusetts Amherst - Isenberg School of Management, University of Massachusetts at Amherst - Isenberg School of Management and Providence College

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Hedge Funds, Database, Bias, TASS, CISDM, HFR