A ten year study by the Center for International Securities and Derivatives Markets at the University of Massachusetts found that a long protective collar strategy using 6-month put purchases and consecutive 1-month call writes earned far superior returns compared to a simple buy-and-hold strategy while reducing risk by almost 65%. The research evaluated passive and active implementations of long protective collar strategies on the Powershares QQQ Exchange-Traded Fund (Ticker: QQQQ). The study also simulated a collar on a small cap mutual fund. The return of the active mutual fund collar was four times the return of the fund, while the standard deviation was about one-third lower. Over the 122-month study period, the passive collar returned almost 150% while QQQ lost one-third of its value. The active collar outperformed both strategies and returned more than 200%.

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