West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – Salus Alpha (SA) announced that their fund, ‘The Salus Alpha Directional Markets’ stood out from its peers in the Managed Futures space due to its unique approach.

The majority of the managed futures funds, SA said, invests systematically according to computer based trading models. A computer model typically uses different indicators to identify trends on the global financial markets. These models can be characterized as long-term and short-term operating models.

Most managed futures funds use long-term trend following models; this is the reason why most of the famous managed futures funds have had significantly negative performance since the beginning of the year 2009: they didn’t recognize the trend reversal in time.

The Approach of the Salus Alpha Directional Markets Fund differs significantly from competitors – Model Risk is minimized.

"Unlike other firms we do not trust in technical analysis but we forecast futures prices with precision to identify trends. In contrast to other managed futures models the Salus Alpha Directional Markets controls risk on position, sector and portfolio level. Daily risk balancing positions the fund right in stormy weather or trend less markets." SA said.

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Universities and schools put more money into alternative investments like hedge funds in fiscal 2008, researchers reported on Tuesday.

The Commonfund Institute, a group that polled 628 educational endowments on their investment tastes, found their appetite for alternatives increased slightly in fiscal 2008 after having fallen off modestly in fiscal 2007. The fiscal year runs through the end of June 2008.

"With public equity markets declining sharply," the researchers said, "the long-term trend for alternative asset strategies to capture a greater share of educational institutions’ investment portfolios continued in fiscal year 2008."

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The Australian – CMC Markets senior dealer Matthew Lewis said base metals were hammered in New York and London overnight on Wednesday as hedge funds liquidated their holdings.

"There is growing concern about the slowing of global growth and the impact that will have on base metals demand," he said.

"Junior iron ore explorers have been really hurt, which has been directly linked to concerns that China’s steel mills may reduce intake by up to 20 per cent.

"Plus, the short-term strength in the US dollar will hamper any bounce in metals."

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