Oil has been predicted to rise 4.2% to $64.15 a barrel in New York as hedge-funds buy futures and U.S. demand increases, Societe Generale said. $64.15 is a resistance level predicted by Fibonacci...
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I found this article very informative, they seem to pack a lot of interesting information into their articles. "Approximately 80 percent of the world's hedge funds are believed to be...
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Railpen, one of the largest pension funds in Britain, with £18 billion ($35.3 billion) in assets under management is planning to move at least £540 million ($1 billion) into hedge funds this year....
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This is something to watch, from the Times Online; "Uranium prices rocketed to their highest-ever levels last week as hedge funds plunged into the market and took big bets on prices rising even...
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GLG Partners, the $17bn London hedge fund manager, has launched a long-only fund filtering the greenest companies from its $1.5bn European Equity Strategy. GLG told investors in a letter on Friday...
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Filed in archive by Alex Akesson on February 23, 2007
In a follow up to the political track hedge funds are following in the U.S., its interesting to see how some politicians are taking a different direction. In a HedgeCo story; "Obama has joined...
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by Alex Akesson on February 21, 2007
Here is an article just barely connected to hedge funds, but I found it interesting in it's connection to art, investments and emerging markets. For the first time a contemporary Indian painting...
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The 3rd Annual Hedge Fund Performance & Risk Measurement Event is being held on April 17-18 in New York. It is being set up by Institutional Investor Events; "Anything worth doing is worth...
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With so many activist hedge funds announcing their status as major shareholders and taking positions of control within already established companies, I would think that investors would be well advised...
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I was doing some research on the effect hedge funds are having on politics and if there is any possibility that these giants could sway the outcome in their favor when I came across this article on...
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In a story I was writing for Hedgeco earlier this morning, I came across an interesting press release relating to all the predictions I've been hearing about the apocalyptic downfall of hedge...
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Here's an interesting article, it contends that the "truly rich (those with household net worth of more than $25 million) have recently cut back sharply on their hedge investments" And...
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Australia is proving to be the new center of hedge fund investments in Oceania and Asia, according to Alphaville. "Australia is unique in that regulators allow hedge funds to market directly to...
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This is from CNN Money; "Everyone, from politicians to the press, both here and abroad, has been shrieking in increasing apocalyptic terms about the myriad dangers that big, bad hedge funds pose...
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Filed in archive by Alex Akesson on February 12, 2007
SuperVision Entertainment announced that a new electric generator is about to be unveiled by some of it's hedge fund investors. The generator manipulates very powerful magnetic fields to produce...
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by Alex Akesson on February 08, 2007
OilandGasStockNews.com, an investor and industry news portal released today the oil and gas trends predicted for hedge funds this year. In the 'Insiders Corner' Michael Brush said...
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The numbers are in, Google revealed in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission just how much the hedge fund investors, founders and early employees of YouTube made when it was bought by...
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John H. Whittier, the former head of hedge fund Wood River Capital Management has been indicted on several counts of criminal charges including a securities fraud scheme that allegedly cost investors...
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Here is something interesting I found while looking around; Warren Buffett's portfolio, it's the most viewed portfolio on Stockpickr according to RealMoney.com Contributor, James Altucher. The...
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Trinity Development Partners along with equity partner Stillwater Capital Partners, a NY-based hedge fund, closed a $23.3 million deal with private lender Kennedy Funding for a waterfront real estate...
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Growing concerns over issues such as global warming have meant that more investors are looking for an ethically minded fund, especially one that makes a profit. An innovator in ethical investing is...
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