Traders are accumulating options to protect against losses in an exchange-traded fund that tracks housing stocks, speculating the homebuilding recovery may be threatened by an increase in interest rates.
The cost of puts conveying the right to sell the SPDR S&P 500 Homebuilders exchange-traded fund reached the highest level in 14 months relative to bullish contracts, according to three-month data compiled by Bloomberg.
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