Hedge Fund Performance September
Hedge Fund Performance Improves in September 2009
Although hedge funds performed slightly worse than equity markets last month, hedge fund performance still improved. The first three quarters of 2009 are the best in 12 years and, if the last quarter is anything like the first, hedge funds will have made an incredible recovery following one of the worst financial collapses.
Hennessee co-founder Charles Gradante said hedge funds are worried about... Continue Reading
Submitted ByJeff Miller
When there has been a nice market rebound, we should expect to hear the familiar refrain: It is a stock picker's market. This wise-sounding expression means that it is no longer good enough to "buy the market" whether through index...
Submitted ByMark McQueen
A few days late, but here is the quarterly report for our Mirror Fund. If you’ve already forgotten what the “fund” is about, Dragon Kevin O’Leary launched an equity fund during the summer of 2008 with the promise of unique stock market riches and index-beating private company deal flow...
Submitted ByThicken My Wallet
How we react to many day-to-day situations is instinctive. When we run for the bus, our body sends oxygen to our legs. If we feel stress, adrenaline is produced to bring about a fight or flight response. If we disinterested in the conversation at hand, we cross our arms and avoid eye contact. Given...
Submitted ByTrent Hamm
Margaret writes in:
I have a twenty four year old daughter who is still living at home. She went away to college, but moved back in after college while looking for a job. She’s had a good job now for two years, but has made no move at all to move out. She [...]...
Submitted ByRichard Wilson
EU Hedge Fund Regulation
EU Directive Could Cost Hedge Funds £2.9 billion
The European Union's new bill, the Directive on Alternative Investment Fund Managers, is expected to cost hedge funds and private equity firms up to £2.9 billion ($4.7 billion). Also, alternative investment firms will...
Submitted ByThicken My Wallet
Imagine you invested in a mutual fund several years ago. You received dividends and, on sale, capital gains. Not soon after the sale of your units, the mutual fund is put into receivership or goes bankrupt. A few months after that, you receive a letter from the receiver or trustee asking for your...
Submitted ByTrent Hamm
Lately, I’ve been under a lot of stress – perhaps the highest level of stress I’ve been under since switching to a full-time writing career. I’m in absolute crunch mode with my second book, with a manuscript due in a few days. I’ve also been slowly moving into public speaking – and I...
Submitted ByMark McQueen
As we spread the good word in the U.S.A. about Wellington Financial, I’ve come to appreciate just how differently various venture debt firms approach the same deal opportunity. CFOs try to find similiar threads between the various product offerings, but as with buying a car, you can’t always...
Submitted ByPrieur du Plessis
By André Coetzee, Kagiso Securities.
The seasonally adjusted Kagiso PMI rose to 47.6 index points in October from a revised 45.9 during September. Last month’s 1.7 index point gain is on top of a 6.4 point jump in September and confirms that SA manufacturing output is moving back towards...
Submitted ByBill Luby
I was delighted to see the positive response to my draft trader stage development model, which I rolled out last Tuesday in a post with the unlikely title of Draft Trader Stage Development Model and put immediately to work in an option context in The Trader Stage Development Model and the Jump from...
Submitted ByTrader Mark
Interesting time for this very compelling story in the Wall Street Journal as we were just having this discussion in the past 2 weeks in one of our comment threads - the potential friction between India and China as they "grow up". As Americans conflict is a great thing for us, as one of the last...
Submitted ByTrader Mark
We have a good example this morning to showcase some technical analysis ... along with some chicanery. />I almost put shorts on Skyworks Solutions (SWKS) and RF Micro Devices (RFMD) early this week simply as a hedge since neither of these stocks has been able to make headway while the markets...
Submitted ByTrader Mark
I have been following insurer, Conseco (CNO) for a good 4 months as I looked over potential "home run" plays (or on the other hand, a strike out) and was surprised to see hedge fund megastar John Paulson swoop in for a 9.9% stake about 3 weeks ago. I've been watching the name since, and it...
Submitted ByTrader Mark
What a fun system we have - all we do is go through bubble and busts courtesy of punch bowls provided by the wise chiefs at our central bank. We speculated that perhaps 'cleantech' could be the next bubble but really the possibilities are endless as I don't see the Federal Reserve lifting a finger...
Submitted ByTrader Mark
The Wall Street Journal reports of ne.wsj.com/article/SB125668489932511683.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_LEFTWhatsNewsCollection">a new round of bailouts for GMAC. If you are not familiar on how the full Ponzi scheme economy is working, I touched on this in a June piece (this was well before Cash for...
Submitted ByTrader Mark
Year 3, Week 9 Major Position ChangesTo see historic weekly fund changes click here OR the label at the bottom of this entry entitled 'fund positions'.Cash: 73.8% (v 67.4% last week)24 long bias: 21.1% (v 20.5% last week)...
Submitted ByTrader Mark
I sold all 3 RF semi stocks on the open, TriQuint (TQNT) being the only major holding at 1% exposure. In this name we had secured some good gains in the past but on the last batch we went from a +11.5% gain to a -10% loss overnight. Net hit to portfolio about 0.2%.We had already sold down the...
Submitted ByTrader Mark
What has been a tradition in this market where so many hair triggers are set to instantaneous computer exploitation of every incremental data point is a complete lack of memory from day to day. A bad labor report nearly 4 weeks on a Friday ago was completely forgotten by the following...
Submitted ByTrader Mark
Seems like its been India week around these parts...Monday we noted China was set to surpass Japan as the world's 2nd largest economy by next year, but can a country that seems to be forgotten often by US investors in their love for China (India) actually leapfrog ahead? It is sort of hard to take...
Hedge Fund Performance September
Hedge Fund Performance Improves in September 2009
Although hedge funds performed slightly worse than equity markets last month, hedge fund performance still improved. The first three quarters of 2009 are the best in 12 years and, if the last quarter is anything like the first, hedge funds will have made an incredible recovery following one of the worst financial collapses.
Hennessee co-founder Charles Gradante said hedge funds are worried about... 
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