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Five Tips for Emerging Hedge Fund Managers (And One Thing to Avoid!)

Jed Alpert, Managing Director of Global Marketing at PerTrac, recently provided StreetID with his top five tips for emerging hedge fund managers: “One is focus on performance. It’s going to be the most important thing you can do. Make sure that you are performing as well or better than your peers.” “Make sure you understand what are the criteria that [...]

Stock Market Strategy / Precious Metals Outlook: Reprint of RCM October Letter to Limited Partners

We disseminated the following letter in October. Due to the events of this week and subsequent market behavior I feel a reprint is in order.   The Gold price approaches $1,400/oz and the Silver price is poised to breach $27/oz. A paradigmatic shift is occuring in the precious metals arena. Understanding and awareness will be required for those wishing to enjoy the parabolic [...]

Neutralizing the Emerging Markets Market

Emerging Markets as a Whole I recently wrote an article on the emerging markets across the globe, and looking at the charts of performance for each country, I couldn’t help but notice one thing. While magnitude of volatility varied from country to country, every chart had the same shape. Every trend line moved together. MSCI Barra provides charts of the [...]