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Mish Sci Fi Musings | 10 hours ago by mish
I posted about Avatar the movie earlier, but it has been in the news and even on Bloomberg that the movie has made 1 billion dollars worldwide. I have not seen the movie and probably will not in the theater because some military science fiction movie read more
One More For The Road
Momentum Options Trading Blog | December 31st 2009 by Rick Rouse
3:00pm (EST) The market is trending lower today as we head into the final hour of trading for 2009. It has been an action packed day and we have been sending alerts out all morning. One trade we recommended on Monday is up over 230% and we wanted read more
It’s The Final Countdown
Momentum Options Trading Blog | December 31st 2009 by Rick Rouse
9:20am (EST) Man, we love that song made popular by Europe back in the day… It’s the last trading day of 2009 and we are going to give you some meat and potatoes this morning for breakfast. Meaning…we are going to cover a lot of things as we read more
More Geopolitical Events Could Weigh On Market
Momentum Options Trading Blog | December 30th 2009 by Rick Rouse
1:00pm (EST) Folks, New York is on “High Alert” as breaking news has hit the market that the Nasdaq center is being cordoned off because of a suspicious van in the area. The Dow was just trading in positive territory before the news and is back read more
The Boys Are back In Town
Momentum Options Trading Blog | December 30th 2009 by Rick Rouse
11:40am (EST) Two more trading days… Folks, that is all we have left as the market winds down to a close for 2009. Actually, make that one more day or 8 more hours. We have a little over fours hours in today’s session and the read more
Sprott Says S&P 500 to Tumble Below its March Low
Investment-blog.net: Emerging Markets - Stock Tips - Discuss… | December 29th 2009 by Jan Paul
Dec. 29 (Bloomberg) — The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index will collapse below its March lows as an expected rebound in economic growth fails to materialize, according to hedge fund manager Eric Sprott. The Toronto-based money manager, whose read more
Market Holding Steady
Momentum Options Trading Blog | December 29th 2009 by Rick Rouse
12:05pm (EST) The bulls are trying to take us higher after a strong start but the bears seem determined to end the market’s 7-day streak. It’s still early and we are busy checking the charts. The Dow is currently up 11 points read more
7th Heaven
Momentum Options Trading Blog | December 29th 2009 by Rick Rouse
8:50am (EST) Futures are pointing towards another strong open this morning as the bulls try to make it seven in-a-row. Dow futures are currently up 26 points, Nasdaq 100 futures are higher by 4.5 while the S&P 500 futures are up 3.3. In read more
Market Flat at Halfway Point
Momentum Options Trading Blog | December 28th 2009 by Rick Rouse
12:45pm (EST) The market is trading in a tight today as the Dow has drifted within a 35 point range. Currently, the index is up 11 points to 10,531. The Nasdaq and S&P 500 are also higher by 5 and 2 points, with the Nasdaq standing in at read more
Market Rallies On Early Close
Momentum Options Trading Blog | December 24th 2009 by Rick Rouse
2:00pm (EST) Wall Street closed early today and the bulls left us with more presents. The market finished at new highs for the year as Tech led the way once again. The Dow moved higher by 53 points and settled at 10,520 while the Nasdaq bolted hi read more
Qualified Eligible Person (QEP) Definition
Hedge Fund Law Blog | December 24th 2009 by Bart Mallon
The securities laws can be written obtusely and the definition of a qualified eligible person (QEP) may be one of the best examples of this. There is no quick and easy definition of a what a QEP is so we are trying to make it as easy as possible to read more
MomentumOptionsTrading.com Morning Update for 12/24/09
Momentum Options Trading Blog | December 24th 2009 by Rick Rouse
8:15am (EST) Folks, we will be back shortly after the market opens with a full update on the market. Futures are leaning towards a slightly higher open this morning. Current subscribers, check the Members Area for the trade updates this morning. read more
Macro hedge funds, stockpickers tipped for 2010
Alternative Investment Trading Strategist | December 24th 2009 by andri
* Countries set to exit downturn at different speeds* Big asset price rises of 2009 not expected* Opportunities to differentiate between economies, stocks* Investors shuffle winning credit bets of 2009By Laurence Fletcher and Svea HerbstLONDON/BOSTON read more
Proposed Tax for Foreign Banks
IRS Problem Solver Blog | December 24th 2009 by Darrin Mish
There is a new law being proposed that would impose a tax on foreign banks if they do not reveal the details of Americans having offshore accounts with them. Under this law, the US government would impose a 30% withholding tax on the income foreign b read more
Do-It-Yourself Way to Save Your Retirement
Richard Bender Insurance Services | December 23rd 2009 by RichardBender
By Dan Caplinger Create your own hedge One interesting revelation……was the fact that the insurance companies that create these policies use a fairly simple investing method to hedge their own exposure. In particular, one company insider read more
Market Flat, Bulls Fighting
Momentum Options Trading Blog | December 23rd 2009 by Rick Rouse
12:25pm (EST) The bulls are trying to take the market higher for the fourth day in a row and the Dow is flat as we go to press at 10,464. We have updated all of our trades and we are super busy today. We would love to give a full market update to read more
Bolsa: ¿Qué han estado haciendo las manos fuertes?
GurusBlog | December 23rd 2009
Según un estudio realizado por Goldman Sachs, Investment Company Institute, y Bloomberg, los Hedge Funds han estado comprando en bolsa mientras que los inversores individuales ( a través de los fondos de inversión (el 82% de los inversores fina read more
Doug Kass' Predictions For 2010
Market Folly | December 22nd 2009 by marketfolly
Hedge fund manager, noted short seller, and financial columnist Doug Kass is out with his annual list of predictions for the impending year. We covered his 2009 predictions at the beginning of last year so it's always interesting to see his picks.On read more
Hedge Fund BlueGold's Investor Letter (November)
Market Folly | December 21st 2009 by marketfolly
This is the first time we've covered BlueGold Capital Management so here's their background: Founded by Pierre Andurand and Dennis Crema, BlueGold is a London based hedge fund that trades in commodities markets, primarily in oil derivatives. Before read more
Rajaratnam and Chiesi Plead Not Guilty to Insider Trading
AIG | December 21st 2009
Raj Rajaratnam and Danielle Cheisi, the hedge fund managers accused of operating at the center of a vast interconnected insider trading operation, officially entered pleas of not guilty on Monday at their arraignments in Federal District Court. read more
Can I trade oil on commodity exchanges all around the world witho…
Personal Investment Guide | December 18th 2009 by Anitha
This could force those taking delivery to pay more if they want it and I never have to take delivery and I can keep rolling one exchange to another? Can I keep my oil contracts going by moving from one commodity exchange to another that has a differe read more
RBC Hedge 250 Index Brings Good Return
BankNerd.ca | December 16th 2009 by Matt Goulart
RBC Capital Markets reported on December 14th that for the month of November 2009, the RBC Hedge 250 Index had a net return of 1.02%. This has brought the year to date return of the RBC Hedge 250 Index to 18.48%. These returns are estimated and will read more
Social game maker Zynga raises $180M from Russian investor Digita…
Gadget Reviews | December 16th 2009 by Ninja Guy
The Russians are coming. First, Russian investor Digital Sky Technologies bought a $200 million stake in Facebook. Now they’ve invested $180 million in Zynga, the fast-growing social game company, the New York Times reported. The investment no read more
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Online Stock Option Trading, How To Trade Options | December 15th 2009 by linden huckle
The stock market is a another whole avenue of good online income potential and is crawling with all kinds of investors and major hedge fund traders. Getting into this industry can be considered risky business because of the risks it involves especia read more
Tiger Management's Julian Robertson Interview With Charlie Rose F…
Market Folly | December 11th 2009 by marketfolly
This is an excellent video from over a decade ago (feels funny to say that... time flies). Today we present you with Charlie Rose's interview of hedge fund legend Julian Robertson of Tiger Management from back in 1998.Embedded below is the video, so read more
George Soros
DayTrader on NYSE | December 7th 2009 by nysetrade
Hungarian-born George Soros, has learned all their survival instincts from his father during the German occupation in World War II. They were Jews, so his father took out fake documents and found a place to hide. This was a man worthy of respect, in read more
How to use the stop-loss order on Forex Market
Profit Observer | December 6th 2009 by contact@valutist.ro
In this article I will discuss the various ways to implement a stop loss order. Every trader who has had dealings in any of the financial markets is familiar with placing and executing a stop loss order, but lots of them are mistaken that a stop loss read more
Fund Appreciation Rights
Hedge Fund Law Blog | December 6th 2009 by Bart Mallon
Alternative Hedge Fund Compensation Structure At the very beginning of this year there was much discussion about the hedge fund compensation structure in light of the horrible returns from 2008. Many funds lost money but managers aren’t typically read more
Weekly Hedge Fund News Stories | November 30 - December 4
Hedge Fund Law Blog | December 5th 2009 by Bart Mallon
Below are a list of some of the news stories which caught my attention this week. **** Hedge Fund Carried Interest Tax “Loophole” Repeal? - the hedge fund carried interest “loophole” is again being discussed as a potential issue to be read more
Hedge Funds, the Secondary Market and PTP Issues
Hedge Fund Law Blog | December 4th 2009 by Bart Mallon
Secondary Hedge Fund Market Poses Issues for Fund Managers Recently there have been a number of groups springing up to provide a secondary hedge fund market. While such platforms provide investors with a potential avenue to get out of their illiqui read more
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