With interest rate futures now pointing to more than a 100% chance of a rate increase in December, Birch Grove Credit Strategies hedge fund is making preparations for how to handle a rising rate environment. The three-year-old New York-based Long / Short credit fund is up 3.49% year to date and has laid plans to fight lower bond prices in a portfolio that is overwhelmingly long, according to letter to investors reviewed by ValueWalk.
Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.
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Neuberger Berman Managing Director Steven Eisman discusses the U.S. financial system and regulation. He speaks with Yvonne Man from the CFA Annual Conference on "Bloomberg Markets." (Source: Bloomberg)
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The managers of the First Eagle Global Fund seek out resilient businesses in beaten-down sectors. via Barron'sÂ
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Waterstone Market Neutral Fund is ranking among the worst performing hedge funds of the year, according to returns taken from HSBC Hedge Weekly. The fund, which uses a convertible... Read More
ETF Liquidity
Ben R. Marshall
Massey University - School of Economics and Finance
Nhut H. Nguyen
Massey University
Nuttawat Visaltanachoti
Massey University - Department of Economics and Finance
October 14, 2015
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Lakewood Capital Management, the hedge fund managed by Anthony T. Bozza, recorded a net loss of 2.4% for the third quarter, according to the fund’s third quarter letter to... Read More
A wide ranging spy dragnet emanating from Russia successfully hacked into the Clinton Foundation’s email system, Bloomberg News is reporting. The Clinton campaign was made aware that it had... Read More
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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) today proposed rules that would reduce risk in the money-market mutual fund.
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