Sunday, September 12, 2010 at 10 AM, Paris (via 100 Women In Hedge Funds) Registration is 35 Euros and this includes access to several optional training sessions, our team logo and the chance to run with your friends in finance. Part of the registration fee will be donated by the Race organizers to Breast Cancer Research (Fondation Recherche Médicale, Action […]
I expressed my belief last week via twitter that this GDP number could be interesting. I suggested the number may be less than expected as the inventory build is coming to an end. Now real intrinsic growth will need to surge in order to satiate the appetite of the GDP prognosticators and I believed that would be a tall order. Well […]
Finally, some positive economic news worth highlighting. Below are two independent reports on the computer industry. Q1, typically a slow period for the industry, has exhibited strong year-over-year growth. This alone would not be surprising as last year was a disaster so comparables were easy. However, Q1 growth added to a strong Q4 suggests a trend is building . This […]
Before I begin, I’d like to make clear the purpose of this post. I am not attempting to call the top of the equity market nor am I suggesting a portfolio should be aggressively short at this time. Take a good look at the mission statement above. These posts are designed to make you think, stay aware and avoid the […]
Is it a bear or a windmill we’re stalking? You may find yourself asking that question as the equity markets drift higher seemingly oblivious to a myriad of negative news. Classic commentary such as “the market climbs a wall of worry” or “the trend is your friend” are being bandied about with increased regularity. Of course, these sayings are useless […]
When people mention “Risk Management” in investing the traditional metrics of volatility, correlation, Value at Risk, Beta, Sharpe ratio, etc. come to mind. But for fundamental shops (stock pickers) it is difficult to utilize risk management statistics to manage a portfolio. In fact, at my old shop, we would fire up the risk management software on the 30th of every […]
Gary Dorsch, editor of Global Money Trends magazine, sums up the “important” jobs news released last Friday…. …And 14-months after losing 763,000-jobs in January 2009, US-payrolls, a key driver for the bond and stock markets, rose in March for only the third time since recession struck in late 2007 as the private sector stepped up hiring at the fastest pace in almost […]
March comes to an end and the “celebration” of the year-long market rally remains in full swing. Complacency among investors seems to reach new heights with each passing week as financial news outlets continue to serve up government grog as if it were Cristal. True, we at RCM have participated in this rally. We remain committed to our precious metals […]