
Educating investors about how to use options as an effective tool to hedge risk within a portfolio has never been more important given the uncertainty and turbulence in the current market environment
NEW YORK (PRWEB) December 3, 2008
"Educating investors about how to use options as an effective tool to hedge risk within a portfolio has never been more important given the uncertainty and turbulence in the current market environment," said Bruce Goldberg, Chief Marketing Officer of ISE. "ISE has been committed to providing investors with timely, high-quality options trading education since its inception, and our enhanced website offers even more efficient access to a broad range of educational tools through an expanded number of convenient mediums."
As a member of the OIC, a non-profit joint venture by the seven U.S. options exchanges and The Options Clearing Corporation that is dedicated to options education, ISE creates and delivers programs designed to reach investors and brokers alike. ISE's suite of educational resources includes live seminars and webinars on a wide range of topics, new trading tools, and current articles from its education experts. To view the new education section of ISE's website, please visit http://www.ise.com/education.
ISE Background
The International Securities Exchange operates a family of fully electronic trading platforms, creating efficient markets through innovative technology and market structure. ISE's markets portfolio consists of an options exchange and a stock exchange. As the world's largest equity options trading venue, ISE offers options on equities, ETFs, indexes, and FX. The ISE Stock Exchange trades approximately 6,000 products, and is the only fully electronic equities platform that provides the opportunity for continuous price improvement through the interaction of its non-displayed liquidity pool, MidPoint Match, and its displayed stock market. To complement its markets and enable investors to trade smarter, ISE creates innovative new products including a portfolio of proprietary indexes and enhanced market data for sophisticated investors.
ISE is a wholly owned subsidiary of Eurex, a leading global derivatives exchange. Eurex itself is jointly owned by Deutsche Börse AG (Ticker: DB1) and SIX Swiss Exchange. Together, Eurex and ISE are the global market leader in individual equity and equity index derivatives.