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TheStreet.com - "Desperate times call for temperate measures" might be a (corrupted) saying that describes a prudent approach to the maelstrom of the stock market.
Mass redemptions resulting from turmoil in the hedge fund industry are a major factor in the market’s outsized swings in recent weeks. So it might seem ironic that three of […]

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Bear market swipes at more than just stocks

USA Today - Technically, a bear market is when stocks fall 20% or more from their highs. But there’s a saying that a bear’s true signature is making a fool out of everyone. Based on that, we’re all laughingstocks, because there has been virtually no way to avoid this bear market’s claws.
Following a 445-point slide […]

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Ignore the Stock Market Until February

Wall Street Journal - Down in the morning, up in the afternoon. Or is it the other way around? The topsy-turvy stock market is tough to read.
In the last year, the Dow Jones Industrial Average has briefly been over 13,000 and below 8,000. The past month has felt like the Cyclone roller coaster on Brooklyn’s […]

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PXP Vietnam to start hedge fund, bets on stock recovery

Thanhnien - The PXP Vietnam Value Fund will raise as much as $200 million to invest in undervalued stocks, Snowball said.
 
PXP, the initials of Phan Xi Pang, Vietnam’s highest mountain, is betting that the stock market will recover as inflation eases and the nation’s trade deficit widens at a slower pace. The benchmark VNIndex may […]

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Get Over The Hedge

Forbes - Hedge funds are to the modern stock market as sun spots were to electronics in the 1960s: a convenient scapegoat when things go wrong without an evident cause. But they probably aren’t to blame for last week’s poor showing on Wall Street, and rumors of the industry’s demise are likely premature.
There has been […]

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PXP Vietnam to Start Hedge Fund, Bets on Stock Market Recovery

Bloomberg - PXP Vietnam Asset Management, which oversees $225 million, plans to start a hedge fund by early next year as it seeks bargains in Asia’s second-worst-performing stock market, said co-founder Kevin Snowball.
The PXP Vietnam Value Fund will raise as much as $200 million to invest in undervalued stocks, Snowball said today.
PXP, the initials […]

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US dollar makes comeback, ‘bucking’ world downturn

North County Times - The stock market is retreating, credit markets are squeezed and many corporate earnings are diving. But one piece of the mangled U.S. economy is making an improbable comeback: the dollar.
As the financial meltdown clobbers world economies from South America to Asia, investors desperate for safe assets are plowing money into the […]

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World markets rocket upward

Hamilton Spectator - North American stock markets chalked up huge rallies late in the afternoon yesterday, resulting in one of the biggest one-day gains ever for the Dow Jones industrial average and a big bounce in Toronto.
Toronto’s S&P/TSX composite index rose 614.29 points or 7.2 per cent to close at 9,151.63. That mended a good […]

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Stocks point higher as global shares jump

WBT - U.S. stocks appeared headed for a rebound Tuesday as investors awaited the start of a two-day meeting of the Federal Reserve that is widely expected to bring another reduction in interest rates.
The sharp rise in stock market futures contracts Tuesday was to be expected given the extreme volatility that has been the hallmark […]

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More weak data, hedge-fund selling seen this week

Arlington Heights Daily Herald - In a typical recession, stocks start recovering about six months before the economy does. The crisis the United States is in right now, however, is anything but typical: Lending is frozen, hedge-fund selling is happening on a massive scale, and economic troubles have spread all over the globe.
As a result, […]

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Wall Street is likely to face another volatile week

Los Angeles Times - In a typical recession, stocks start recovering about six months before the economy does. The crisis we’re in right now, however, is anything but typical: Lending is frozen, hedge-fund selling is happening on a massive scale, and economic troubles have spread all over the globe.
As a result, it’s possible the economy […]

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Russian hedge funds face closure

Reuters - Up to half of Russian hedge funds could go out of business as the financial crisis sends investors fleeing and the stock market continues to fall, according to industry experts.
Speaking at the Russia Alternative Investment Summit on Wednesday, Simon Fentham-Fletcher, head of fund of hedge funds at Raiffeisen Bank, said in a worst-case […]

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