Archive for the ‘hedge fund’ Category

Tony Chedraoui’s Tyrus Capital off to a good start in 2012

Tyrus Capital is reportedly up 3.74% YTD through February 3rd, outperforming event-driven hedge funds overall, which are up 2.4% on average through the…

Starting Your Own Hedge Fund? Here’s The Question Everyone’s Going To Ask You

It’s getting tougher and tougher to launch a hedge fund these days.

Greek Drama & Icelandic Saga

Most commodities gained this morning as lingering optimism related to future demand was still manifest in the wake of China’s easing of bank reserve requirements and following perceptions that the European deal with Greece will be good for the sector in the near-term.

Hedge Fund Forward Redemptions at 3.14% up from 1.85% in January

Hedge fund administrator GlobeOp Financial Services announced that its Forward Redemption Indicator for February shows notifications at 3.14%, up from 1.85% in January.

CITI: These Two Charts Say Not To Chase The Rally

Citi’s big equity strategist Tobias Levkovich is cooling on the market rally. In a note out today, he cites two charts indicative of a possibility of a market rollover.

Greece Debt Deal Kicks ‘Giant Beer Keg’ Down Road

Gold rose to its highest in a week today after euro zone policymakers sealed an agreement for a second debt deal with Greece.

USD/JPY Analysis

Opened at Y79.63 in Asia and slipped on EUR/USD sales to Y79.53 on the back of an FT article showing reluctance from some EU states to ratify the deal. USD then found solid support towards Y79.50, and moved higher to Y79.81 before easing back to Y79.55.

SocGen Explains Why The Markets Aren’t Excited About The Greek News

So last night Europe announced a bailout for Greece, but today markets in Europe are selling off. Is it just a sell the news kind of thing? Perhaps, although SocGen thinks there’s a little more: The agreement consists of a number of changes – some examples include, private bond holders will take a greater loss (reported at 53.5%), the interest margin is reduced, and the ECB and central banks will not take profits on its holdings of Greek bonds.  Together, this is estimated to bring the debt to GDP figure to 120.5% by 2020.  It still has to be ratified by national governments and while this is expected to be passed it stretches out the uncertainty factor further

Financial Spread Trading For Beginners

In this article, I want to show what factors to take into account when making a spread trading strategy in the financial markets. Such a strategy should be custom-designed for each person! After all, would you wear clothes made for another person? So it is with trading strategies.

European Markets Go Red After Greek Bailout Announcement

ORIGINAL POST : Early in the morning in Europe, leaders in Brussels announced a debt restructuring deal, aimed at bringing the country’s debt-to-GDP ratio down to 120% or so by the year 2020. Well, it must have been priced in, because markets don’t really care. US futures — though they’re pointing up — are where they were yesterday, and European markets are flat