President Obama to Inherit Bush Recession and Record Deficits

By: John_Mauldin Nov 01, 2008 This week we survey the economic landscape that the new president will inherit ... liquid. And if you are an advisor or broker and would like to see the managers on his platform ... investments, including hedge funds and actively managed commodity funds, has done this year, I suggest [more...]

Date: 2008-11-02 18:37:07

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Managed Futures Funds Gain in Popularity and Performance

Excellent article from MarketWatch.  Of course to us it’s just preaching to the choir ... of negative performance. Managed Futures funds (also referred to as Commodity Trading Advisors or CTAs ... , commodity futures and currency markets. Managers who have done well to- date this quarter have generally [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 23:09:12

Managed Futures Shine in 2008 Massacre

Managed futures funds or Commodity Trading Advisors (CTAs) ... % gain for the CSFB/Tremont Managed Futures Index. Only dedicated short-sellers have outpaced CTAs ... as margins collapse and assets nosedive. It’s a different story altogether for managed futures this year [more...]

Date: 2008-12-22 15:14:05

Hourly Action In Gold From Trader Dan

Dear CIGAs, Due to time constraints associated with trading I have to keep things short today – gold rebounded off of support near yesterday’s lows ... the line just below $866 or so. Some of this selling is no doubt associated with commodity index fund ... up all the gains that it managed to ridiculously acquire as the ninny index funds went diving [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 19:18:29

Traders Driving Oil Prices Up

"Just about everyone is ducking for cover. Big Oil is pointing fingers at hedge fund managers, who blame commodity index funds, who in turn cite surging demand in China, production losses in Nigeria [more...]

Date: 2008-06-19 20:03:56

The Energy-Stock Chasm

In the wake of the shuttering of Ospraie Management’s largest fund Tuesday, ... positions on commodities futures and long ones on resource equities — a bet that didn’t work out, because those stocks continued to decline. “The options pricing implies that these stocks are not done [more...]

Date: 2008-09-03 19:01:57

When diversification fails (Reuters)

When diversification fails (Reuters) By admin | LONDON (Reuters) ... , commodities, hedge funds and managed futures — lost 29.1 percent since October 2007. This compares ... their traditional equity-bond portfolio, spread risks and seek extra "alpha" returns by buying commodities [more...]

Date: 2008-12-07 17:18:46

Managed Futures Shine in 2008 Massacre

Managed futures funds or Commodity Trading Advisors (CTAs) ... , trade over 100 highly liquid global futures contracts, including stock indexes, bond indexes ... compared to a 15.6% gain for the CSFB/Tremont Managed Futures Index. Only dedicated short-sellers [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 19:38:44

Lean Hog Prices Poised to Climb in 2009

Bloomberg reports that "In the worst year for commodities in at least five decades, hogs rose 6.6 percent, the second-biggest gains on the Reuters/Jefferies CRB Commodity Index, behind cocoa."The article quotes fund manager Mark Greenwood: “We’re going to have 3 to 4 percent less pigs next [more...]

Date: 2008-12-22 23:57:00

Investing with style

Investing with style December 23rd, 2008 Variety in commodities funds protects your investments These days, there is no single safe investment ... insurance and cohesion. Commodities funds should be invested over a wide range of markets and assets, protected against any single big loss. That’s the beauty of managed futures, an alternative [more...]

Date: 2008-12-23 16:58:55

Hedge Funds Fail in 2008, Industry Contracts

Back in late September I was surprised to learn that SAC Capital, one of the largest hedge funds in the world managed by Steven Cohen, ... . For hedge funds, the party started to fade in July when commodities began to implode. Worse, Lehman’ [more...]

Date: 2008-12-08 14:33:52

Hedge Fund Tracking: Moore Capital Management (Louis Bacon) - 13F Filing Q3 2008

This is the 3rd Quarter 2008 edition of our ongoing hedge fund tracking series ... , whether it be equities, bonds, currencies, debt, commodities, and more. So, keep in mind ... manager. He comes from the group of "offspring" of the legendary Commodities Corp. Bacon emerged [more...]

Date: 2008-12-09 14:01:00

Brooklyn, NY - U.S. Commodity Futures Commission Bans Operator For Fraud; Ordered To Pay $1,350,000 in Restitution

Brooklyn, NY - The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today filed and settled charges of fraud, filing false documents, and misappropriation of customer funds against a registered commodity pool operator, Innovative Capital Management, LLC (Innovative [more...]

Date: 2008-12-24 16:02:05

Market Monopoly

A bonus Friday afternoon guest post via Macro Man -- a portfolio manager at a London-based hedge fund, he trades global currencies, equities, fixed income, and commodities. Over a long and varied career, Macro Man has been an international economist, a sell-side currency strategist, and a currency options market-maker. His amusing Friday [more...]

Date: 2008-08-29 18:30:00

ANALYSIS: Big winners of the past were losers in 2008

By ELLEN SIMON, AP Business Writer As 2008 ends, you may feel like the year’s biggest loser is you. If you have a job, it probably feels shaky ... , french-manicured San Diego real estate brokers, Rolex-wearing Greenwich hedge fund managers. High diesel prices as the year began ran independent truckers off the road. Soaring summer commodity costs [more...]

Date: 2008-12-23 02:03:49

Managing the Business Risk of Fraud...

Operational Risk Management is in full swing at distressed institutions as the TARP funds continue to flow to these needy corporations ... of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.Gil Soffer, associate deputy [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 10:04:00

Expansion plans for Disneyland

Managing director Andrew Kam Min-ho said yesterday that Hong Kong Disneyland would bolster its size by more than one-third and would cost half the ... it is willing to pool in funds or is ready to accept a smaller stake. Bill Ernest, Walt Disney Parks ... advantage of falling commodity prices and labour cost [more...]

Date: 2008-12-27 17:12:44

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