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| Fxtradepro EA + Manual Hedge | | 2008-07-20 22:39:00 | | Previously I'm still playing FXtradepro EA using Pallada signal.Fxtradepro is good EA, but it works on trending market and when combine with trending indicator such as pallada give good result. My previous result is using Pallada signal.On 9 July 2008 I'm testing FXtradepro using Bouncing pips signal which contain Nonlagdot indicator, zigzag pointer v2 and Nonlagzigzag V2 indicator. The result is disappointed. As soon I enter, the price is ranging like hell. The 1st time Fxtradepro reach level 8. Then I close manually minus $22.This is the screen shot when I enter Sell and result is reach level 8On 15 July 2008 I'm using my manual hedge and on 17 July I close for around $20, so the loss from fxtradepro is minimized.From right know I'm not gonna plating my live IBFX mini account with FXtradepro and I'm gonna stick with my manual hedge which is under testing too.You can download my live statement here dated 21 July 2008 | | By: Automated Forex Review | | |
| | Stocks as an Inflation Hedge | | 2008-07-16 22:13:31 | | Monday's column about the value of stocks as an inflation hedge generated a flurry of responses.Some readers pointed out that just because stocks have generated better real returns (i.e. after inflation) than bonds, real estate, or precious metals over the past couple hundred years, it doesn't guarantee that they will in the future.I whole heartedly agree. Not much in life comes with an ironclad guarantee and certainly not the stock market. Of course, there are no guarantees with other assets, either.Debt securities that come with a guarantee of interest payments and a return of principal, for instance, offer low annual returns. And, remember, those guarantees are only as good as the guarantor, whether corporate or sovereign.And even with the most conservative investments, you still don't know what your return will be after inflation. (The sole exception is Inflation-Protected Treasuries, which currently yield 1%.) For example, you can buy and hold a 10-year Treasury bond guaranteeing | | By: Finance fantasy | | |
| | Hedge funds stumble in first half of '08 | | 2008-07-09 11:50:00 | | By David Ellis, CNNMoney.com staff writerHedge funds delivered their worst performance on record during the first half of 2008, revealing that the industry has not been immune to the broader market turmoil.As a group, hedge funds declined 0.68% through the end of June, and are down 0.75% so far this year, according to numbers published this week by industry tracker Hedge Fund Research.The figures represent the worst first-half of the year performance for the industry since the research group began tracking returns in 1990.While hedge funds' sluggish performance is troubling for an industry known for delivering sky-high returns year in, year out, the decline is far better than the broader market has fared.During the first half of the year, the 30-stock Dow Jones industrial average tumbled 14.4%, while the broader S&P 500 declined 12.8%, as stocks have fallen ill on a dangerous brew of mortgage woes, soaring commodity prices, a declining dollar and weakness in the broader U.S. economy.De | | By: How to be Rich, Happy and Free from Scams | | |
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| Headlines: Homeless and Hedge Funds | | 2008-07-03 09:21:00 | | I know Anthony Hall, the homeless man who was arrested at Riverfront Park at 5:30 this morning by Springfield police and charged with rape, assault and battery, aggravated rape, assault with a dangerous weapon and assault and battery. Nice going, Springfield police!I met Anthony in 2005 when he was "dating" the 14 year old daughter of a family I knew. He always creeped me out.Later that year, he went on a bus trip with Arise to an anti-war rally in New York City, where hestole our video camera (the only one we've ever owned!) and probably sold it for crack. Of course he was banned from Arise after that. I was so furious that for several months, whenever I was driving around and saw him with a group of people, I'd yell, "Thief!" out the window at him. Didn't do much good, but it made me feel better.No, I personally and other members of Arise don't think every homeless person is automatically a victim or a saint..- - - - - - - - - -Yesterday, wanted fugitive and hedge funds manager S | | By: Michaelann Land | | |
| | Gold ETF, an Inflation Hedge or In a Bubble? | | 2008-06-22 04:28:48 | | Commodity ETFs (exchange traded funds) are made up predominantly of things derived or cultivated from the Earth. These include energies, such as oil and natural gas, agriculture, which includes crops and livestock, and metals, like silver and gold. Commodity ETFs are also made up of currency exchange traded funds. An exchange traded fund is similar to a mutual fund with one major difference being that it is traded on the market like a stock.A Gold ETF was launched in March of 2003. Gold ETFs are shares of gold issued as a certificate. This is appealing to some gold investors (coined gold bulls in the marketplace) because they can own gold without having to store the physical inventory.The gold exchange traded fund inventory is securely stored by their holders in vaults. The holder that launched the first gold ETF is StreetTracks Gold Shares. Incidentally, they are also the largest holder of the fund. The corporation holds such a vast amount of gold that it has recently had to find a la | | By: Finance fantasy | | |
| | Buffett bets that S&P 500 will outperform hedge funds over 10 years | | 2008-06-10 01:09:00 | | OMAHA (Nebraska) - BILLIONAIRE Warren Buffett has wagered roughly US$320,000 (S$437,000) of his own money that the S&P 500 will outperform a collection of hedge funds. The bet covers a decade and says that all the fees, costs and expenses must be included. The terms of the bet between the chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway Inc and the money managers who own Protege Partners LLC are outlined on the Long Bets website. That group will hold the wager until the bet concludes at the end of 2017. The specifics of the wager were first reported online on Monday by Fortune magazine. The wager is invested in a bond so that the winner will be able to donate US$1 million to a charity at the end. Mr Buffett has long been critical of hedge funds because of the high fees they charge investors. At Berkshire Hathaway's 2006 annual meeting, he offered to bet US$1 million that an index fund would beat any 10 hedge funds over a decade if all the fees were included. One of Protege's co-founders, Mr Ted | | By: How to be Rich, Happy and Free from Scams | | |
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| Trio Hedge EA | | 2008-06-09 08:11:00 | | I found another hedge EA called Trio Hedge EA.Trio Hedge EA use 2 set of 3 pair to Hedge.Set 1 use EUR/USD, GBP/USD and EUR/GBPSet 2 use EUR/USD, USD/CHF and EUR/CHFAll hedge EA can't be backtest using strategy tester in meta 4 because it open more than one pair at the same time. What I like about Trio Hedge EA is u can backtest it visually on chart using backtest indicator provided by Trio Hedge EA. Trio Hedge EA calculates the correlation based on your balance and risk u want.The owner told me the rules :* Attach the EA Sunday night, so the EA can open position on 00:00 in the next day. When your Target Profit Percentage reach, It will close all position. And u can attach Trio Hedge EA on next Sunday. * If it's floating profit on Friday, close all position, so It can start fresh again on Monday.* If it's floating loss on Friday, u can leave it until hit Target Profit Percentage of close it when floating profit on next FridayI start to make a forward test since 2 June 2008 using IBFX | | By: Automated Forex Review | | |
| | Managed Forex Account - Be Your Own Hedge Fund and Avoid the Recession | | 2008-05-16 05:30:02 | | Managed Forex accounts are best suited for those who wish to tap into the Forex world's fast moving turnover but don't have all it takes to do so. A managed Forex account is a type of trading account that is handled by a company trading representative. This presents an arrangement for a novice investor who is inexperienced and has no time to study the Forex market dynamics. A lot of people are interested in the Forex market due to its' high liquidity, 24 hour trading, low start up costs, and other attractive reasons. However not all traders are able to sufficiently learn or trade currency due to conflicting time schedules or perhaps due to other job delegation. A managed Forex account is a live Forex account absolutely funded by an investor, and traded by a company or professional. This allows the individual a reasonable profit margin as s/he does not have to trade on their own.In a managed Forex account the company or individual one hires would take up the sole responsibility of watch | | By: All About Investiment | | |
| | Investing In The Forex Market Using A Hedge Strategy | | 2008-04-06 15:22:47 | | The FreedomRocks System is a long-term Forex investment strategy. As you understand the profit components explained below, the reasons for this long-term viewpoint will become apparent. As you read the descriptions of each component below, recognize that the first 2 components will virtually always be profitable. This fact alone puts FreedomRocks in a class by itself.The FreedomRocks Investment Strategy represents the state-of-the-art in technology and financial portfolio modeling. It requires no charts or graphs, it calculates what you need to do and when you need to do it, it structures your trading so you will buy low and sell high, and it allows you to select the amount of daily interest you will earn dependent upon your tolerance for risk. Most importantly, you'll place all the trades in your own brokerage account, so you will always have 100% control over your own money and accounts.Investors using the FreedomRocks strategy realize profits in 3 very distinct ways as illustrated b | | By: All About Investiment | | |
| | Prosper Pitching To Hedge Funds | | 2008-03-24 21:31:00 | | I almost overlooked this little nugget. Prosper has taken to pitching it's lending platform as the perfect solution for hedge funds to get into the consumer credit market.
“Prosper is America’s largest peer-to-peer marketplace with over 600,000 members,” stated Kirk Inglis, CFO of Prosper. “As credit markets experience unprecedented changes, institutional lenders, including hedge funds, are
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| | Over The Hedge (2006) PG 83min | | 2008-03-05 20:03:52 | | This DreamWorks studio’s animated adventure directed by Tim Johnson and Karey Kirkpatrick won several awards, such as Best Family Film at Indianapolis International Film Festival and Best Animated Film at Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards. Some well-known actors have gave their voices to the characters.
The plot: A garbage-stealing raccoon RJ (Bruce Willis) is in debt with [...] | | By: Maxim's Movie Reviews and Opinions Blog | | |
| | | Stock market woes hit hedge funds | | 2008-02-04 00:36:47 | | January was the worst for hedge funds since the August 1998 crisis that presaged the collapse of Long Term Capital Management, according to data from Chicago-based Hedge Fund Research. The average fund tracked by the HFRX index lost more than 2% in January, with event-driven funds, which include activists, the worst hit with a 3.39% loss. Equity long-short funds – which also tend to be exposed to declines in stock markets – were badly hit too. Funds that had long positions on stock markets lost out as UK blue-chips fell 6.6% and the S&P 500 fell 6% over the month. For example, the computer-driven RIEF fund from Jim Simons’ Renaissance Technologies, one of the best-respected hedge funds, was down about 4%, as it is structured to be long the market. | | By: VIActin - investment opportunities | | |
| | Greenspan to join New York hedge fund firm: report | | 2008-01-15 01:33:14 | | NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan is set to join hedge-fund firm Paulson & Co. as an adviser, The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday. New York-based Paulson, with assets of $28 billion, is set to make the announcement on Tuesday, the report said.Credit Opportunities Fund (Paulson & Co.) +590% (in 2007) | | By: VIActin - investment opportunities | | |
| | | Hedge of Protection & Wisdom | | 2007-12-28 11:44:40 | | for my son - that he would use God’s wisdom when it comes to relationships with others - that he will have the ability to see out in front of him any strategy that the enemy may try to design against him to entrap him or cause him to go off God’s destiny and course [...] | | By: Prayers Online | | |
| | New Star launches property hedge fund with $50 mln | | 2007-10-02 10:49:00 | | LONDON, Oct 1 (Reuters) - British fund firm New Star Asset Management said on Monday it had equity commitments of $50 million and that it wanted to raise up to $400 million for its new real estate hedge fund. The New Star Real Estate Hedge Fund Limited, announced in July and launched on Monday, will be managed by Robin White -- formerly of Rock Capital -- and will invest mainly in European listed property securities such as real estate investment trusts REITs).
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| | Over the Hedge | | 2007-09-21 16:37:13 | | Over the Hedge
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| | | The Lie That Will Kill Hedge Funds | | 2007-08-11 05:17:00 | | By Jim CramerRealMoney.com Columnist It's all in the marks.Unless you have run a hedge fund, you have no idea what that means. So I will explain it to the uninitiated. When you run a hedge fund, you are always seeking capital. You can seek money directly from institutions or individuals, or you can do the easiest thing and seek money from those who are offering it: "fund of funds" managers who, specifically, look for managers to place other people's monies. This cohort of investors had just gotten started in about my seventh year as a hedge fund manager, and they were always plying me with capital. I tried it for a while, but the ones I had, and they were substantial, demanded too much of my time and, I thought, forced me to make shorter-term decisions than I liked. I valued my independence too much.So I sent their money back. Lots of people thought that was foolish. Lots wanted to grow their funds gigantically because they figured that was the way to get rich, quick. I was an i | | By: How to be Rich, Happy and Free from Scams | | |
| | ¿Por qué colapsan los Hedge Funds? | | 2007-08-10 08:02:45 | | Los Hedge Funds ó fondos de cobertura son vehÃculos de inversión con caracterÃsticas muy particulares: En primer lugar, no están abiertos a todo tipo de ahorrista, sino únicamente para los inversionistas calificados, entiéndase, inversionistas muy conocedores de los riesgos financieros y con altÃsima capacidad económica. Luego, estos fondos no invierten en el sentido tradicional, sino que efectúan operaciones de cobertura y arbitraje muy sofisticadas. ¿Por cuál razón fracasan entonces y de manera tan estrepitosa? Veamos:La razón de ser fundamental de un fondo de cobertura es lograr rendimientos muy superiores a cualquier otra alternativa de inversión. Para este propósito se emplean técnicas financieras no ortodoxas las cuales se basan normalmente en modelos matemáticos de alta complejidad.Las estrategias son tan variadas como la imaginación pero, en general, podemos afirmar que intentan tomar ventajas de disparidades de precios en diferentes clases de activos y en diferentes mercados globales. Todos emplean técnicas de cobertura lo que quiere decir que, si algo no sale según lo esperado en algún segmento del portafolio, esto será compensado por otros segmentos que tienden a moverse de manera contraria. De esta manera, se intenta preservar la integridad del portafolio total a todo evento económico y/ó geo-polÃtico.El término Hedge Fund probablemente se lo debemos a Alfred Winslow Jones quien, en 1949, creó un fondo el cual vendÃa corto ciertas acciones al tiempo que efectuaba compras puras y simples en otras. De esta manera buscaba neutralizar el riesgo sistémico, es decir, el riesgo inherente a los mercados. Todas estas técnicas de neutralizar el riesgo sistémico caen bajo la denominación general de “neutralizadoras del Betaâ€. (Entonces lucramos gracias al Alfa!)Además de las técnicas de cobertura se encuentran las técnicas de arbitraje. Aquà la clave es intentar capturar un beneficio sin correr mayor riesgo. Para ello, las | | By: Las Finanzas | | |
| | Hedge Fund of Funds | | 2007-07-24 06:11:00 | | Hedge fund of funds are investments that invest in other hedge funds. Hedge fund of funds provide opportunities for increased diversification, access to highly desirable funds, and fund selection and monitoring expertise. However, hedge fund of funds include a double layer of fees, dramatically reducing the investments’ appeal.
Hedge fund of funds allocate contributed capital between [...] | | By: Sharpe Investing | | |
| | Update: Bear Stearns Hedge Funds - Zero Value Left | | 2007-07-18 15:51:13 | | Bear Stearns finally reported the news on their two hedge funds that bet on subprime mortgages and other similar credit-based securities. The results? Not pretty if you invested in said funds.
Bear Stearns announced today that investors have little chance of getting any money back after the blow up in the two funds. As we have been reporting here at Ponder This… for quite some time, the increased leverage and increased financial complexity of the structured credit markets, along with the extreme optimism in the housing sector and generally loose credit economy-wide, has led to the perfect set up for a substantial readjustment in the broader financial markets, with effects likely to be felt in broad economy.
Simply put, WAY too much risk was taken on with little regard for the potential consequences, and the Bear Stearns hedge fund blow ups are just one other example of the fiasco that is likely to come about due to the historically loose credit of the past 10 years.
Investing | | By: Ponder This | | |
| | Bear Stearns Hedge Funds - Yet to Divulge Losses | | 2007-07-17 22:34:10 | | A couple of weeks ago Bear Stearns bailed out two of its highly leveraged mortgage-based hedge funds. As the bailout took place, the company insisted that asset values would be marked by Monday, July 16th (today).
Any news on the updated fund values from good ole’ Bear Stearns? You guessed it, nope.
With all the structured, cut-and-paste, trade-over-the-phone, lack of liquidity and other huge issues involved in the securities, it was only a matter of time before things blew up in the faces of many of the financial engineers. The sad fact is that credit bubbles lead to malinvestment as generally smart folks get caught up in the rising tide and fail to remain wary of the broad risk being created by their narrowly successful strategy (note: in this context, narrowly successful means things have to go perfect for them to continue to succeed, i.e. the ocean waves can’t pick up at all or the boat flips).
Now that the tide is headed in the opposite direction, those who are | | By: Ponder This | | |
| | The Big Lie About Hedge Funds | | 2007-07-04 17:59:00 | | By Brad KemperHedge funds are really making the news. About half the news is bad, blaming hedge funds for everything from market sell-offs to global warming. The rest of the time the news is gushing about the fabulous returns that hedge fund investors are banking every month.So whom should we believe? Well, I am pretty sure that hedge funds are not responsible for global warming but the surprising truth is that most investors are not doing any better investing in hedge funds than they would investing in the stock market. And probably a lot worse.Hedge funds differ from mutual funds in that they restrict the type and number of investors that may participate. Approved investors must own at least $1 million in assets and have an income of at least $250,000 a year. Apparently the regulators believe that people who fall into this category are better educated and sophisticated enough to understand the risks they are taking. (Be glad you do not fall into this category)By doing this, hedge fun | | By: How to be Rich, Happy and Free from Scams | | |
| | Hedge Fund Risks | | 2007-06-28 03:36:00 | | This interesting PBS video explains the rise and the risks of hedge funds. The video does a good job of explaining the potential negative impact from the dramatic amount of leverage used by some hedge funds. Also, the video features hedge fund manager and author Nicholas Taleb, who discusses the posibility of black swan events. | | By: Sharpe Investing | | |
| | Bear Stearns Hedge Fund Blow Up | | 2007-06-21 16:38:05 | | A hedge fund run by large investment banking institution Bear Stearns and based on bets in the mortgage market has reportedly been hit with tremendous losses and now faces calls by creditors. Yesterday Merrill Lynch seized assets from the firm and sold them in a tepid auction.
One issue brought up in this process is, how widespread will the malady in the mortgage and housing market become? Financial services firms and banks could easily wind up with stunning losses on a large portion of their investment portfolios if investment vehicles continue to become increasingly illiquid.
Be wary and protect your finances while things remain relatively calm.
Click here to read more on the Bear Stearns hedge fund blow up. | | By: Ponder This | | |
| | energy stocks: Hedge Funds Forecast Windfall in Europe's Growing Power Market | | 2007-06-15 10:44:00 | | Hedge fund manager Marcel Melis ignores stock charts, commodities reports and bond prices as he sips his morning coffee. All his attention is focused on one thing: the weather. Melis analyzes forecasts for areas from the snowcapped mountains of Norway to the beaches of Spain's Costa del Sol to predict changes in demand for power and gas. The founder of Energy Capital Management BV, which has raised $60 million and started trading in October, targets returns of 25 to 30 percent. ``If you don't know what the weather is doing you have no chance making money trading energy,'' Melis, 38, says in his ninth-floor office overlooking Amsterdam's biggest power plant. The number of hedge funds with more than a quarter of their capital in European energy jumped fivefold to 50 last year as German utilities began releasing data on plant outages, helping traders forecast supply in the region's largest market, according to Energy Hedge Fund C | | By: energy BLOG | | |
| | Fitch Ratings Service Highlights Hedge Fund Risk | | 2007-06-07 21:49:03 | | Hedge funds have gained increasing market awareness as alternative investment vehicles over the past five year credit explosion. How much of a role they played in the overall explosion of credit, debt, leverage and liquidity is unknown, but it is inarguable that they have helped create an environment of excessive speculation. As the tide has risen, few major structural issues have been highlighted, but it remains to be seen how an economic downturn would affect the overall industry and whether hedge funds would add further fuel to any serious financial market dislocation.
At Ponder This… we sincerely believe that hedge funds, and the excess leverage they have played a role in creating throughout the financial sphere and economy as a whole, will be major players in a highly likely major global credit contraction and deleveraging event. To put it in terms Warren Buffett would appreciate: when the tide goes out, we will see that a great many economic actors have been swimming | | By: Ponder This | | |
| | Utilizing “Hedge Fund” Mutual Funds to Generate Consistent Returns | | 2007-05-30 20:45:40 | | The rules regarding hedge fund investing are very strict and they restrict investors with a small asset base from participating in the lucrative returns that come with the asset class. However, there are mutual funds currently employing strategies typically seen in hedge funds. The construction of this portfolio strategy is similar to that of a “fund of funds” hedge fund approach, which invests in different hedge funds that use various investment strategies. The approach of purchasing many “hedge-fund” mutual funds, gives the investor diversity which combats the potential risks that come with investing in individual management firms and potential fund-related risks.
The back-test of an approach utilizing the “hedge fund” mutual funds shows comparable returns to that of overall equity markets—with much less volatility. The portfolio appears to be a great hedge against market downturns because the strategies used in the majority of the funds are long-short, which involves g | | By: TheFinancialWhiz.Com | | |
| | How to Hedge Your SUV | | 2007-05-16 15:12:00 | | Think gas prices will remain high or go higher? I do. Demand is growing. Gasoline consumption is up 2% in the U.S. this year. China, India and the other new economies crave energy. Ask yourself this: Are you plugging more stuff into the wall each year? Political instability in Nigeria, Iran, and Venezuela could limit supply. And, there’s only so much oil (natural gas and coal) in the ground. I’m not suggesting we’ll run out but it will become more expensive to extract it.
How can you benefit from higher energy prices? By investing in energy companies. There are two ways to do this. You can buy a Natural Resources sector fund or you can buy a Value fund which holds energy stocks. The sector mutual fund is the “pure play.” It holds energy stocks and, probably, stocks of minerals i.e., iron ore and copper, mining companies. The risk with a sector fund is that there aren | | By: MUTUALDecision Blog - The Mutual Fund Blog Dedicat | | |
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