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

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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

IFE inc. - COMMODITY TRADING ADVISOR CTA - FOREIGN INTRODUCING BROKER FIB - Home

The International Future Exchange, Futures and options online trading, systems trading, managed futures, discount trading, simulated trading, free re 1 Vote(s) [more...]

Date: 2008-12-27 01:04:30

IB programmes in the Forex market

ForexGen IB programme is a great opportunity for both individuals and companies to receive commission for introducing their customers or contacts to ... services and training · Insurance companies · Successful traders on FOREX, stock, futures markets · Trading rooms · Investment or trading clubs · Stock brokerage or trading companies · Money managers [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 20:32:00

A long eventful weekend awaits us

Remember Bear Sterns last March? This weekend, people will be waiting to hear if FRE & FNM will be the next to be bailed out by the US Government ... and it has been going down all day. Trading would have been a lot easier if I had just traded bond futures today ... ), but I still managed to scalp some good profits during the mid-day. I quit trading aroun [more...]

Date: 2008-07-11 18:25:00

“Peluang bisnis “Spot Indeks” di era krisis global

Company Profile PT. Maxgain International Futures was established on 24 May 2000 based on Notary Deed No ... has anticipated the development of the futures trading industry in Indonesia by enhancing its human resources development with qualified management which is supported by experienced advisors in futures trading [more...]

Date: 2008-12-24 00:53:01

Peluang Bisnis “SPORT INDEX” yang menguntungkan di era krisis global

Company Profile PT. Maxgain International Futures was established on 24 May 2000 based on Notary Deed No ... has anticipated the development of the futures trading industry in Indonesia by enhancing its human resources development with qualified management which is supported by experienced advisors in futures trading [more...]

Date: 2008-12-23 14:59:58

Foreign Currency Trading

Managers, pp. 291-299, which can be accessed through the House Agriculture Committee’s Farm Bill Homepage ... currency (forex) trading scams.The Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000 (CFMA) made clear ... -exchange trading of foreign currency futures and options contracts with retail customers [more...]

Date: 2009-01-04 19:18:00

"Quantitative Easing"

Click charts to ENLARGE.The morning clown show celebrates the virtues of "quantitative easing", the legerdemain of central bankers ... of this policy.From Now and Futures...total money supply and other eye-openers ... ?____________________________________________________________Good trading and great risk management to all.Educational use only [more...]

Date: 2008-12-16 11:09:00

Jet Fuel Premium Set to Fall

A bit of cheery news for beleagured airlines: jet fuel, which of late had traded at a considerable premium to heating oil, ... to heating oil futures, said Mike Busby, manager of oil and refined-products trading for Northville [more...]

Date: 2008-07-15 08:22:01

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

President Bush Threatens Veto of Poison-pill Laden Drilling Bill; Oil Falls to $90/bbl

—Gabriel Malor So far, Republicans have managed not to cave on offshore drilling (though ANWR seems to be out of the question) ... . In related news, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission actually looked through the data ... the six-month period. In other words, index traders and swap dealers were driving the future price [more...]

Date: 2008-09-17 14:55:10

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

Heller Bigwig Defects for Bingham

Geoffrey Aronow, the managing partner of Heller Ehrman's Washington, D.C ... Legal Times. Aronow, a former enforcement director at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission ... that, so it's not a goal, but it's a result." Legal Times quotes Heller's firmwide managing partner, Robert [more...]

Date: 2008-08-05 15:35:08

Don’t Get Too Excited About This Rally

Rob Curran reports: Broad indexes have risen 20% from their lows six trading sessions ago; in this market, ... managed a similar rally between Oct. 27 and Nov. 4, when it rose 18%. When the stock market is enduring its most volatile year since the 1930s, 19% isn’t a big cushion above the lows. Futures suggest [more...]

Date: 2008-12-01 14:03:53

Don’t Get Too Excited About This Rally

Rob Curran reports: Broad indexes have risen 20% from their lows six trading sessions ago; in this market, ... managed a similar rally between Oct. 27 and Nov. 4, when it rose 18%. When the stock market is enduring its most volatile year since the 1930s, 19% isn’t a big cushion above the lows. Futures suggest [more...]

Date: 2008-12-01 16:23:18

Probe starts on directors of CITIC Pacific

CITIC Pacific Ltd, predicting US$2.4 billion of losses from currency derivatives, said the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission is investigating its chairman and managing ... directors are not aware of any material adverse change in the financial or trading position of the group [more...]

Date: 2009-01-04 10:21:34

Studies show increased consumer interest in a variety of sports betting market areas

“I’m excited about the future possibilities in our sports betting industry,” said manager Sakamoto Bollacker, ... market will slow acquisition down, stocks will continue to trade hands. News of possible lay-offs ... leadership last year.” “I’m doubtful of a fast turnaround,” said Mechelle Mcevers, a commodities [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 05:01:01

AIG (AIG) Wants The 1,000th Change In Its Government Loan Rules

The management at AIG (AIG) is extremely clever. Every time it runs into trouble paying back the $144 billion credit facilities provided by the ... , it is trading them for assets which have dubious futures. Better for AIG to hold those assets until it has cash buyers. The process may get spread out, but the Fed will not be stiffed. According [more...]

Date: 2008-12-31 11:02:03

Asian Markets Advance Higher

Nikkei, Sydney consolidate gains while Shanghai, Strait Times manages lower closingStock markets across the Asian region advanced higher for a second ... , or 0.9%, to $40.20 a barrel on London's ICE Futures Europe exchange.In currency trading [more...]

Date: 2008-12-30 12:21:00

Forex Trading: No Longer Just For Professionals

And wealth management firms have also grasped that playing the currency markets can save their clients money and add an additional slice of returns ... of the US-based financial services company Global Futures & Forex, offers private clients an online ... Stockbrokers, part of Barclays Wealth, the UKs biggest wealth management business, launched an on [more...]

Date: 2008-12-17 05:15:09

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

Been Down So Long, It Looks Like Up To Me

The gold market managed to recover from another downside extension early in the trading session but the reversal seemed to come off a setback in the ... the US economy.”- The Hightower Report, Futures Analysis and ForecastingDavid Hale: Only [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 01:20:00

Introducing GalaTime 5L Virtual Portfolios

I’ve been mulling over some new initiative in the area of portfolio management for retail investors in India ... . Q: Is this an investment / trading game? Is this an online tool that allows me to track ... ; these include - stocks, stock & index futures & options, ETFs, commodity futures &amp [more...]

Date: 2008-12-27 14:18:04

7 Things and Pop-Tastic

I’ve been tagged for the “7” things meme by Ed Shepherd from Learning to Collaborate ... to work in education. I still trade commodities on the side to make some extra scratch and I manage a handful of accounts for friends and family. I also teach our seniors every year about futures markets [more...]

Date: 2009-01-01 13:31:00

It’s still all about the collateral

Good Evening: The U.S. capital markets went on another roller-coaster ride today, and the “fun” doesn’t look to stop anytime soon ... s session managed to give equities a rare up day. Positive news out of Hewlett Packard and Home ... were up in early trading, but the HPQ news in particular seemed to steady our index futures prior [more...]

Date: 2008-11-19 06:32:19

So Much for the Santa Claus Rally

Those of you who have been following Guido's trading on the right will have seen it jump substantially last week. Guido was short Dow and FTSE futures which collapsed after the auto-bailout deal in Washington ... rallies in the Dow and FTSE, quickly covering after significant drops. Somehow Guido managed to lose [more...]

Date: 2008-12-13 15:54:15

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

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