Category Archives: HedgeCo News

Monday’s Commodities Roundup

NEW YORK (Dow Jones News) – Gasoline futures prices jumped nearly 2 percent Monday on the New York Mercantile Exchange amid growing concern that Hurricane Isabel may strike the East Coast and affectrefinery operations or imports. Crude oil futures fell […]

Van Global Hedge Fund Index Advances 1.7% Net in August; Hedge Funds Increase Year-to-Date Return to 10.8% Net

NASHVILLE, Tenn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Sept. 15, 2003–The Van Global Hedge Fund Index posted a 1.7% net gain in August, according to Van Hedge Fund Advisors International, Inc. (VAN), a leading hedgefund advisory firm. For year-to-date 2003, the Index has returned 10.8% net […]

PR Newswire National Summary, Monday, Sept. 15, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. ET

<body.content> <block> <p>Following is a summary of news releases transmitted between noon and 2 p.m. by PR Newswire. The full text of these releases is available at the PR Newswirefor Journalists, http://media.prnewswire.com/.</p> <p style=”pre” id=”pre1″> CGM053 09/15/2003 14:00 r n […]

TheStreet.com and Bloomberg Form Alliance to Distribute Content to Financial Professionals

NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Sept. 15, 2003– Leading Information Providers Sign Bloomberg Professional(R) Service Agreement TheStreet.com, Inc. (Nasdaq:TSCM), a leading multimedia provider of financial commentary, research, analysis and news and Bloomberg, the global financial news and information company, have signed an agreement […]

MONEY WIZARD Investment alternatives, NATION

xfdws MONEY-WIZARD sked Emerging Markets Datafile September 15, 2003 NATION THAILAND ENGLISH MONEY WIZARD: Investment alternatives, NATION ASIA WorldSources, Inc. 322 MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE 2ND FLOOR, NE WASHINGTON, DC 20002 COPYRIGHT 2003 BY WORLDSOURCES, INC., A JOINT VENTURE OF FDCH e-Media, […]

The Quantitative Services Group LLC (QSG) Adds Powerful New Web-Based Tools to Its Factor Analyst(R) Equity Research Service

<body.content> <block> <p>NAPERVILLE, Ill., Sept. 15 /PRNewswire/ — QSG’s Factor Analyst research service now includes a number of web-based equity research tools. These newcapabilities significantly enhance a client’s ability to efficiently investigate and identify factor-based investment opportunities. QSG’s independent equity […]

Allegations against Strong raise questions of trust for investors

Allegations against Strong raise questions of trust for investors By KATHLEEN GALLAGHER [email protected], Journal Sentinel Sunday, September 14, 2003 Strong Capital Management Inc. was not the object of New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer’s most damaging allegations of improper trading […]

Eurex’s Entrance to U.S. Market Forges Alliance among Exchanges

Sep. 14–As they get ready for the arrival of Eurex AG next year, the Chicago Board of Trade and the Chicago Mercantile Exchange are proving the old axiom that the enemy of my enemy is my friend. The CBOT and […]

Chicago Tribune Bill Barnhart Column

Sep. 14–MARKET-TIMING ALARM SOUNDS: Insiders and academics have long known that the values assigned to fund shares at daily market closings were faulty. Ordinary investors are learning that othershave gained from their ignorance. Nearly 75 years ago, an ambitious crime-fighter […]

Home, Sir James . . .the old clan is getting decidedly out of hand

IT started as a family affair. But the battle for control of Caledonia Investments, whose interests range from banking to luxury resorts, is now pitting some of the City’s richest and most prominent names against each other and threatening to […]

Daily News, New York, Peter Siris Column

Sep. 14–Dear Dick, I’m sorry all that lousy publicity made you give up the extra $48 million. But I’m sure you can still make ends meet on the remaining $139.5 million. If you’re looking for a good hedge fund, give […]

Week In Review

Week In Review Sunday, September 14, 2003 Doyle unveils $40 million economic recovery plan Acknowledging that the state is bleeding jobs and undergoing a deep economic restructuring, Gov. Jim Doyle outlined a $40 million economic recovery plan and promised to […]