Monthly Archives: April 2006

CEC Under Pirate Attack

Motley Fool – When sailors of yore saw the Jolly Roger — the black pirate flag emblazoned with a skull and crossbones motif– they filled with terror and dread over what was to befall them at the hands of the […]

Mutual Funds investing like Hedge Funds

A more volatile strategy of hedge fund investing is making it’s way to the broader market of mutual funds. Among the top hedge fund-like mutual funds is the Diamond Hill Focus Long/Short fund. Diamond Hill works closely with the companies […]

DOW Jones Indexes Further Expands its European Country Select Dividend Index Series

WEST PALM BEACH, FL (HEDGECO.NET) – Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, today announced the launch of the Dow Jones Europe Country Select Dividend Indexes for France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden and the U.K. These indexes further […]

Hedge funds – an alternative asset class to offset volatility

Reporting is all about absolute return these days, which is no surprise to most small investors. While all the chart comparisons of risk, return, and performance are compared to some benchmark, what the client really wants to know is one […]

Year 2015: Trends Favor the Investor as Technology & Transparency Level Wall Street’s Playing Field

WEST PALM BEACH, FL (HEDGECO.NET) – Insiders are forecasting a fully connected and transformed financial markets industry by 2015, as three rapidly emerging forces combine to create a rate of changeunseen since the 1970s. And, in a notable new twist, […]

Islamic investing

Stamford Advocate – Last month, Eric Meyer was at a hedge fund conference in Dubai, speaking to a room filled with asset managers — about half from the United States and a good number from lower Fairfield County. “What is […]

Hedge Stock 2006

WEST PALM BEACH, FL (HEDGECO.NET) – What do flower power, social networking, rock music and hedge funds have in common? The answer can be found at Hedgestock 2006 presented this year by Albourne Partners. Hedging their bets, and stocking up […]

Cut me in to the hedge fund, boys

Times Online – I have no idea what a hedge fund is, but after a day trip to Mustique last week I think I need to plant one. At first I couldn’t quite work out whether this privately owned island […]

Eliot hedges bets

New York Daily News – Attorney General Eliot Spitzer may be known as the “sheriff of Wall Street,” but there’s at least one group of high rollers – hedge fund managers – thathe’s happy to ride sidesaddle with, records show. […]

Fort Worth invested $6 million in failed hedge fund, records show

Fort Worth Star-Telegram – Everything seemed to be going great for an innovative investment made by the city’s retirement fund in early 2004. In fact, after just four months, the pension fund wastold that it had earned more than $230,000 […]

Alissa Grad joins High Profile Hedge Fund Lineup

WEST PALM BEACH, FL (HEDGECO.NET) – Alissa Grad has become part of multi-billion dollar hedge fund; D.B. Zwirn & Co. as the Director of Marketing and Investor Relations. The hedge fund has attracted other high profile figures such as Sandy […]

Cazenove to Launch Equity Hedge Fund

WEST PALM BEACH, FL (HEDGECO.NET) – Cazenove Capital Management is preparing to launch a new equity hedge fund on May 31, 2006. The hedge fund is to be managed by investment specialist Tim Love who has over 20 years of […]