Derivatives & Trading

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

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Investment Advisor May 2006 Joseph & Kurdas	Hedgeworld Hedge Fund Focus: The Search for Portable Returns With the portable approach, the search for top-performing managers as a source of alpha is separate from the desire to get market return on an asset class, the beta.
BusinessWeek April 24, 2006 Emily Thornton	Cerberus To KKR: Eat Our Dust Stephen Feinberg's fast-growing hedge fund snatched GMAC. But it's a risky play.
Registered Rep. April 1, 2006 John Churchill	Little Bulls Hedge fund managers, small ones at least, say the U.S. economy should have a flat to upbeat year in 2006, according to a survey released in March.
The Motley Fool April 3, 2006 Rich Duprey	Hedge Funds' Summer of Love "Hedgestock 2006" is the hedge fund industry's answer to the "Predator's Ball" that junk-bond king Drexel Burnham used to throw to woo corporate takeover artists like Michael Milken in the 1980s.
CFO April 1, 2006 Ronald Fink	Overexposed With questions being raised on prepaid variable forwards, many executives may be scrambling for an alternative way to diversify -- and defer taxes. So what should executives with large concentrations of one stock do to diversify and avoid, or at least defer, taxes?
Financial Advisor April 2006 Matt Hougan	Rolling With Commodities Commodities can play an important role in a portfolio, and the much-anticipated Deutsche Bank commodities ETF can be a good vehicle to add them. But with oil deeply in contango, and expenses still on the high side, a shade of extra care is needed.
Investment Advisor April 2006 Joseph & Kurdas	Hedgeworld Hedge Fund Focus: Institutions Bypass Funds of Funds Increasingly, pension investments include direct allocations to hedge funds -- a long/short equity manager here, a couple of global macro managers there, or their current favorite -- multistrategy funds.
The Motley Fool March 16, 2006 Rich Duprey	Chiron's Shareholder Revolt Hedge funds oppose the biotech's buyout by pharmaceutical giant Novartis. Investors, take note.
BusinessWeek March 20, 2006 William C. Symonds	Curse Of The Bambino On The Trading Floor? Red Sox owner John Henry's futures funds are in a serious slump.
The Motley Fool March 8, 2006	The Folly of Futures Pork bellies may not be as attractive as you thought. Here's why.
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