Derivatives & Trading

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

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Financial Advisor August 2007 Marla Brill	Hedging Your Bets A growing group of market-neutral mutual funds have distilled the essence of hedge fund investing into a more regulated, liquid and accessible format.
The Motley Fool August 2, 2007 Matt Koppenheffer	The Bad News Bear Stearns The pain continues for Bear Stearns. After announcing that two hedge funds had officially filed for bankruptcy, recent reports indicate that now a third is in trouble.
CFO August 1, 2007 Randy Myers	Better Ways to Buy Treasury managers are teaming up with corporate purchasing agents to tame commodity risk.
Investment Advisor August 2007 Jeff Joseph	The Far Reach of Subprime Woes Leveraged loans to companies are likely to be adversely affected by hedge fund losses from collateralized debt obligations.
The Motley Fool July 25, 2007 S.J. Caplan	Profit From Credit Default Swaps Credit default swaps are privately negotiated contracts between institutional investors which are based on corporate bonds. How can you profit from them?
The Motley Fool July 25, 2007 John Finneran	New CME Dominates Derivatives CME Group, the new exchange formed from the merger of the Chicago Mercantile Market and the Chicago Board of Trade, enjoys the benefits of an 85% market share.
BusinessWeek July 30, 2007 Matthew Goldstein	Life Settlements: Betting on Death From the Lowinger clan to hedge funds, investors are cashing in on the business of trading unwanted life insurance policies. But buyers should be wary.
The Motley Fool July 19, 2007 Matt Koppenheffer	Quick Take: Bear Gets Mauled The financial services sector has been under pressure lately, but Bear has taken a bigger hit than average -- it's now down 18% since the beginning of the year. At this point, it looks like Bear may have a raft of hedge fund investor lawsuits to look forward to.
The Motley Fool July 17, 2007 Toby Shute	Energy Jargon, Demystified: Contango and Backwardation Oil and gas terminology in plain English. These terms may sound like exotic yoga positions, but in fact, they refer to the price of oil and gas futures.
The Motley Fool July 12, 2007 Dan Caplinger	Stay Away From Covered Calls This options strategy promises income, but at too high a price.
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