Derivatives & Trading

Magazine articles on active trading strategies, hedge funds, futures, options, and other derivatives.

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BusinessWeek February 20, 2006 Mara Der Hovanesian	Attack Of The Hungry Hedge Funds To hike stock prices, aggressive hedge fund managers are banding together to force changes on companies.
Registered Rep. February 1, 2006	Everybody Into the Alpha Pool In this short excerpt of his book, Hedgehogging, Barton Biggs describes what to look out for when examining hedge funds.
Registered Rep. February 1, 2006 Brad Zigler	Getting What You Pay For A risk consultant and finance professor has concluded that hedge funds are actually cheaper than has commonly been supposed and that mutual funds are more expensive than most have believed.
Registered Rep. February 1, 2006 Stan Luxenberg	Do-It-Yourself Funds of Funds The real deal breakers for financial advisors with wealthy clients who have sophisticated needs are that hedge funds tend to be illiquid and lack transparency. Here's how to use mutual funds that use hedge fund strategies to solve this problem.
The Motley Fool February 2, 2006 Tim Beyers	Dueling Fools: Apple Bull There are ways to profit from any stock, including Apple. Put options may be the best choice of them all.
Investment Advisor January 2006 Barreto & Joseph	Hedgeworld Hedge Fund Focus: ERISA Ponders Alternatives As more pension fund money has been flowing into hedge funds -- catching the eye of the SEC and perhaps pushing the move to manager registration -- legislators have acted to ease pension fund access to hedge funds.
The Motley Fool January 30, 2006 Tom Taulli	OptionsXpress in the Express Lane Options are hot, and this is certainly good news for optionsXpress, which allows customers to easily trade options online. Investors, take note.
BusinessWeek February 6, 2006 Nanette Byrnes	Pensions: Hedging Bets In Harrisburg Underfunded state pensions are taking cues from Peter Gilbert's daring investments.
Wall Street & Technology January 24, 2006	Get Yer Red-Hot Derivatives Here! The derivatives market is heating up, and IT spending on derivatives management will experience a steady increase over the next four years, according to a new study.
BusinessWeek February 6, 2006 Emily Thornton	More Heat On Hedge Funds As if there weren't enough controversy surrounding hedge funds, now the Securities & Exchange Commission is investigating suspicions that fund employees are engaging in insider trading.
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