Some of the more standard alternative investments include real estate investment trusts (REITs), private equity, hedge funds and venture capital. One alternative investment benchmark, the Liv-ex Fine Wine 1000, represents 1,000 investment grade wines and has returned 8.6% year-to-date (YTD).
Altria Group's (NYSE:MO) short percent of float has risen 24.66% since its last report. The company recently reported that it has 16.47 million shares sold short, which is 0.91% of all regular shares that are available for trading.
Is the United States heading toward a recession?
This has been the looming question on the minds of Americans since inflation topped at 8.5% in March, matched with other indicators such as rising interest rates and the bond market’s inverted yield curve.
Someone with a lot of money to spend has taken a bearish stance on Altria Group (NYSE:MO).
And retail traders should know.
We noticed this today when the big position showed up on publicly available options history that we track here at Benzinga.
When we enter a period of economic uncertainty, the phrase "recession-proof stocks" is tossed about, but really the only certainty is that recession-proof stocks do not exist.
On the other hand, recession-resistant companies are what a savvy investor searches for during the absence of a bull market, as we are now.
Altria Group's (NYSE:MO) short percent of float has fallen 29.81% since its last report. The company recently reported that it has 13.21 million shares sold short, which is 0.73% of all regular shares that are available for trading.