MARKET NEUTRAL

An strategy of an investor or investment manager that aims to generate profit from both increasing and decreasing prices in one or multiple markets, regardless of the market condition. This is usually obtained by taking matching long and short positions on several stocks in order to increase the produced return from sound stock selections and reducing the return from wide market movements. Market neutral strategists can also use other tools like merger arbitrage and shorting sectors. It is true that there is no single accepted method of applying this strategy.