Feb. 3–GULF TANKER RATES CLIMB ON DEMAND: Gulf supertanker rates have risen on demand for March cargoes and limited availability. About 25 tankers are likely to take on cargo in the Gulf next month.At just nine, only a fraction of […]

Federated Investors Inc. will take a $20 million charge on fourth-quarter earnings to establish a fund for investors and pay for an internal review of mutual fund trading practices, the companyannounced Tuesday. Federated also said it had punished three officers, […]

Fairfield, Iowa, Feb. 3, 2005 — The Barclay Group reported today that money under management in managed futures climbed to a record $131.9 billion during the 4th quarter of 2004. Barclay is aleading provider of managed futures and hedge fund […]

Feb. 2–Like most of you, I’ve been trying to figure out where this market is going. Both the bull and the bear case are easy to understand. The only question is — which one wins. The bull case is simple. […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Crude oil futures gained nearly $2 Monday, settling 5.8 percent higher with the highest penny-for-penny gain since Oct. 12, 2000, in a rally inspired by refinery problems amidrecord-low crude oil inventories. Light, sweet March crude oil […]

WEST PALM BEACH, FL (HEDGECO.NET) – What are ETFs one may ask? ETF is an acronym which stands for Exchange Traded Funds, they are index funds which trade on stocks, they are fairly new, and have beenavailable for trading in […]

Feb. 1–The tax rate on dividend income has been cut to 15 percent–a nice break for investors. But here’s an important question: Do you know where your stocks are? Wall Street has some explaining to do. You won’t get a […]

WHEN everyone else was bracing themselves for turkey and plum pudding last month, City fund managers were busy borrowing stock they did not own in the hope of pocketing a profit. That is the message from December figures released by […]

WHEN EVERYONE else was bracing themselves for turkey and plum pudding last month, City fund managers were busy behind the scenes, borrowing stock they did not own in the hope of pocketing a profit. That is the message from figures […]

Notes Clifton plot thickens Re-signing tackle could cost a bundle By BOB MCGINN [email protected], Journal Sentinel Friday, January 30, 2004 Houston — One of the Green Bay Packers’ methods for re-signing tackle Chad Clifton got a whole lot more expensive […]

Jan. 30–In the first criminal case brought in Boston in the mutual fund trading scandal, US Attorney Michael J. Sullivan has told a former Prudential Securities broker that he plans to bringcriminal charges against him for his role in an […]

WEST PALM BEACH, FL (HEDGECO.NET) – Dion Friedland, the president of Hedge Fund Association [HFA] is stepping down from that post according to a press release. Friedland was also the founder of theorganization, and had served as the president of […]