Author Archives: the HedgeCo News Team
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 […]
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 […]
Deeper Asian markets attract hedge funds
Reuters.uk – Hedge funds’ focus on investment opportunities in China and Asia are a clear sign of growing liquidity and depth of the region’s stock markets, Baring Asset Management said in a releaseon Monday. Baring is confident that there is […]
Funds drive rise in forex volumes
Reuters.uk – Foreign exchange trading volumes rose in 2005, with increased turnover from asset managers, pension funds and retail traders making up for a lull in hedge fund activity, a surveyreleased on Monday showed. Global currency trading volume reported to […]
Asset sale plan rankles investor
Houston Chronicle – Houston Exploration is in for a bare-knuckled brawl with a New York investor that has publicly slammed the energy outfit for “shocking disregard to the pursuit of shareholdervalue.” What’s the beef? Jana Partners, a $5 billion hedge […]
Now you can trade like a hedge fund
Trading Markets – When therapists first meet with their clients, they do a lot of listening. What they’re listening for are themes–patterns that run through people’s lives. Sometimes these themes are ones of emotion: people feel certain ways in particular […]
Hedge Fund Profit-Taking cause for Stall of Metals Rally?
WEST PALM BEACH, FL (HEDGECO.NET) – There was a cresting wave of investment in hedge funds as gold futures surged past $600 last week on fears of inflation, while silver hit a 23-year high Monday, the highest level reached since […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]