It’s a big day for the team over at Bull Path Funds! With the the v2 launch of their website (created by none other than the HedgeCo Hedge Fund website team) they have cracked the lid off of their unique Long/Short strategy Mutual Fund. The Bull Path Long Short Fund adopts a strategy developed and run by Bull Path Capital […]
RCM Comment: As readers you may recall in March we advised shorting the US$ and US Treasury Bonds while maintaining and/or building a long position in Gold. We believed (and rightfully so) that the $300 billion quantitative easing announcement by the Fed would have negative implications for the US$ and Bonds. However, over the last week or so we have […]
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As I was browsing through Bloomberg’s news and found this rather uncharacteristic story in the feed. It’s a good read 🙂 It isn’t just hedge funds troubling fund capital Greenwich, Connecticut. It’s hedges. A fast-growing vine known as mile-a-minute weed, or the kudzu of the North, is stalking hedges, shrubs and trees in the town 27 miles (43 kilometers) north […]
Greetings Readers! This week I’m taking a bit of time out of my schedule to work on expanding the “Social Media Footprint” of HedgeCo Networks. We understand the importance of interaction with the broader hedge fund community, and to this effect, we are as active on Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter as time will permit. This week I’m going to be […]
The short answer is yes, but I think it is a misguided question. I whole-heartedly agree that short-term stock movement and market direction have a large impact in portfolio performance. The problem is that I do not believe that I have a proclivity to predict either. So I am faced with a decision to either not invest or invest for […]
Securities experts from leading emerging markets outlined today at the IOSCO 2009 Conference (www.iosco2009.org) measures they have taken to bounce back from the damage caused by the market crisis. Among the topics that were addressed were the need for new partnerships between developed and developing markets, development of central liquidity pools, particular effects of the financial crisis in different regions […]
RCM Comment: A little clarity on the Friday Jobs report… Fleckenstein Capital: Unfortunately for the economy, the headline job-loss number is somewhat bogus. It was helped by a birth/death model that assumed 220,000 jobs had been created last month. Even more suspect is the fact that this 220,000 plug factor was boosted 27% year-over-year. The BLS assumed new jobs were […]
One of the things that I am hearing more and more these days is that traders are not making money consistently. Do you know anyone with this challenge? Do you know them intimately? So, what can you do to make money consistently? 1. Deal with your trading as a business If you think of your trading as a hobby, then […]
Metrostudy successfully predicted changes in home prices and sales just before the downturn in the housing market. Bradley Hunter explains how robust indicators can be used by hedge funds to quantify the current status of local housing markets, helping them to make informed decisions. By Bradley Hunter Chief Economist/National Director of Consulting Metrostudy While the media often refers to national […]