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ThinkstockOne of the main reasons that the ultra rich have become so enamored with the hedge fund industry over the years is their “go anywhere, do anything” approach to investing. Hedge funds...
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ThinkstockIndia has been in trouble, it currency and financial markets have been roiled and its inflation is among the worst we have measured. It seems as though that all times of trouble have a...
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This year already has been a great one for stocks. The S&P 500 Index is up almost 16% after Wednesday’s gains to 1,654 as of mid-day, and the bull market may get another boost if Morgan...
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ThinkstockIt just seemed that military strikes by the United States and its allies in Syria were either going to be on hold or delayed. That was then sentiment after the long Labor Day weekend. That...
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ThinkstockIndia is slowly, or rapidly, becoming a complete financial disaster. Growth has slowed and the nation is trying to do what it can to fight inflation while still trying to juice up the...
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thinkstockInvestors almost always worry about a stock market crash, but when headwinds start to look stronger than the positive forces, they really start to worry that the rug can get yanked right...
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Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty ImagesWhat is a stock market crash? The short answer is that it depends on your risk profile. The financial media covers a one-day drop of 4% as though it were a crash....
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ThinkstockThe hedge fund industry sure seems and looks different now when compared to a decade or two ago. We recently wrote about how the 2% and 20% pricing strategy long imposed on hedge fund...
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ThinkstockThe Federal Reserve issued some updates to its balance sheet and payments data on Friday, and the long and short of the matter is that you are going to see why the Fed needs to start its...
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Jon OggBy now you have caught on that interest rates have risen, and they appear poised to keep testing higher yields. With the 10-year Treasury yield so close to 3% and the 30-year Treasury so close...
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Jon OggWe recently had a chance to interview one of the portfolio managers for the Ranger Equity Bear ETF (NYSEMKT: HDGE), which is an actively managed short selling exchange-traded fund. It acts...
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Jon OggIt is no secret now that interest rates have risen. Long-term Treasury yields and even intermediate Treasury yields are now perhaps even starting to normalize even with Ben Bernanke and the...
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ThinkstockHighlighted in a Fortune magazine article in 1966, an obscure investment vehicle called the hedge fund was outperforming every existing mutual fund by double-digit figures. By 1968, there...
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ThinkstockThe National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo housing market index rose by three points from a downwardly revised 56 in July to 59 in August. Last month’s reading had been...
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ThinkstockThe world of gold and silver has been turned upside down. The market fears that Ben Bernanke’s quantitative easing under the Federal Reserve will end sooner rather than later, and that...
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