Energy Hedge Fund Center Now Tracking 500 Hedge Funds in Energy & Environment
Houston, TX; New York, NY (ContentDesk) May 15, 2006 -- The Energy Hedge Fund Center, LLC (EHFC, www.energyhedgefunds.com) is now tracking over 500 hedge funds that have a substantial energy or environmental content in its Directory of Energy Hedge Funds. The number of energy hedge funds has steadily grown over the last 24-months as investor appetite for commodities generally and energy commodities specifically, has soared. The majority of energy hedge funds are either commodity trading or equity long/short funds with the most recent growth in commodity trading funds taking place in Europe. Over 5-percent of the hedge fund universe now has a good deal of exposure to energy via commodities, equities and debt, said Dr. Gary M. Vasey, Co-Principal of the Energy Hedge Fund Center LLC.
Many other hedge funds also have some energy exposure today marking the transition of energy from a dull industry to the hottest sector for investors today. We are continuing to see more new funds in formation and many more in commodity trading this spring. It augurs well for a sustained ramping up of more new energy hedge fund managers, said Peter C. Fusaro, Co-Principal, Energy Hedge Fund Center LLC.The Energy Hedge Fund Directory is available to subscribers at the Energy Hedge Fund Center online community (www.energyhedgefunds.com). The community now receives thousands of unique visitors each month and its membership has grown exponentially since the end of 2005. The site features news, articles and discussion about energy, environment, hedge funds and other investment vehicles as well as a popular weblog written by Fusaro and Vasey.
EHFC also publishes a twice monthly subscription-only electronic newsletter Energy Hedge.About the Energy Hedge Fund Center, LLCThe Energy Hedge Fund Center, LLC (www.energyhedgefunds.com) was founded by Peter C. Fusaro and Dr. Gary M. Vasey, two acclaimed energy and environmental experts, to provide information regarding energy, environment and hedge funds. Its free online community is a popular web destination for a growing number of users.
It offers a variety of products and educational services including a directory of energy hedge funds and an electronic newsletter. Fusaro and Vasey are also the authors of the forthcoming book Energy & Environmental Hedge Funds The New Investment Paradigm (Wiley, June 2006)..
The Best Performing Exchange Traded Funds of 2005 No It’s Not Energy Related
San Francisco, CA (ContentDesk) January 2, 2006 -- The results of the highest performing ETFs in 2005 may surprise some people. The consensus of most popular opinion is that energy related funds performed best in 2005. This is not the case. Most of the profits this year came from funds invested in foreign equities.The fund performing the best was the iShares S&P 40 Latin America Index with a 55% gain, symbol ILF. The average volume traded in this ETF was around 186,000 shares.The next on the list weighing in with a 54.34% gain was the iShares MSCI South Korea Index.
The average volume traded in this fund was about 667,000 shares. The volume traded in this fund was brisk and it is one of the Asian funds to watch in 2006.The best performing Energy Sector fund came in fourth. It was the Merrill Lynch Market Oil service HOLDRs. This fund gained 51.35% for the year and trades an average of
4,000,000 shares. The other top performing funds were a mixture of regional funds from...
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A Hedge for the Children
"Isn't that beautiful corn in those people's front yard?" I asked."I will not have corn growing in my front yard," said my husband."Corn is a handsome plant. It gives a lush, tropical air.""I will not have corn growing in my front yard."So we didn't have corn the next year. Our back yard was shaded, except for one part, and I had decided to grow roses there instead of corn.The year after that I returned to the argument: "What if we planted corn in the side yard? It gets lots of sun.""I will not have corn in my front yard.""This wouldn't be the front yard. It would be the side yard. And you remember how delicious corn tastes when you pick it five minutes before you cook it?"He thought about how delicious corn tastes.
"I guess the side yard isn't the front yard," he said. "Okay. You can grow corn in the side yard.""And I'll plant a hedge out front so people can't see the corn as they drive by.""That's even better."So I began to plan a hedge. We had many children in our Virginia...
A Hedge for the Children
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New Mutual Fund Guide Targets Novice Investors
San Diego, CA (ContentDesk) March 1, 2006 -- In eight chapters, his Beginner's Guide to Top Low Cost Common Stock Mutual Funds (ISBN: 1-4116 6908-8) explains to first time investors how funds work, their tax aspects, guidelines about when to sell, and why a buy-and-hold strategy beats market timing.
In addition, he details for purchase 13 top low cost funds, including one that over three decades turned $10,000 into
$395,000.
"Making money in the stock market is a no brainer," he says, "if you just let our economy, a tremendous money-making machine, work for you.
And you can make it work for you by having patience and buying and holding for the long term proven quality funds." About the AuthorSteve Haberman practices what he preaches.
For over 30 years, through good and bad times, he's invested in no load funds.
Through his common sense approach, he's profited greatly and been able to travel extensively throughout Europe.
On...
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Triumph Investment Master Fund Ranked #1 For the Past 5 Year Time Frame
(ContentDesk) September 8, 2004 -- Nelsons Worlds Best Money Managers ranked Triumph Investment Master Fund # 1 for the past 12 and 20-quarter time frames for the International Balanced Multi-Asset investment class.
In addition The Barclay Group and its subsidiary Global Hedge Source, Ltd. ranked the fund #1 for the past 36-month time frame ending June 30th for fund of hedge funds with under $250MM in assets under management.
Triumph is a strategic multi-strategy, alternative investment fund. Within the fund, there are currently 20 traders and 24 strategies.It is one of the only pools that merge the talents of floor-traders, market makers and "niche" traders who have honed their trading skills and developed their "edge" on the various exchange floors or at "boutique" trading firms.
It has recently caught the attention of the New York Sun and their weekly hedge fund column with an August 23rd article titled, Triumph's Strategy: Making Money a little at a time;...
Triumph Investment Master Fund Ranked #1 For the Past 5 Year Time Frame
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EFX Williamsburg Announces New FOREX Platform for Hedge Funds
Williamsburg, VA (ContentDesk) October 10, 2005 -- EFX Group/Williamsburg, a branch office of El Segundo, Calif.-based EFX Group and an introducing broker for MBTT announced a new FOREX trading platform for hedge funds and institutions.Unlike most FOREX trading firms, MBTT does not have a deal desk between you and your orders.
MBTT utilizes Straight Through Processing (STP), sending your orders directly to various banks and eliminating the potential for markup or spread manipulation.
STP also prevents instances where you may be re-quoted, which generally occur when it is in the deal desk's best interest to delay the execution of your order, acting against your best interests.
"There are a lot of myths about the FOREX market that we are shattering" says EFX Williamsburg Branch Manager Lee Young.
Fixed spreads are a way for FCMs to markup or markdown the best bid or offer.
FCMs do this to hide their fee into the price of the currency pair instead...
EFX Williamsburg Announces New FOREX Platform for Hedge Funds
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Hedge Funds Name Lehman Brothers Top Firm for Execution and Sales-Trading in Alpha Magazine Ranking
New York (ContentDesk via ContentDesk Direct) January 25, 2006 -- Hedge fund managers say Lehman Brothers provides the best trade execution for both New York Stock Exchangelisted equities and Nasdaq Stock Market shares, according to a survey published in the January/February issue of Institutional Investors Alpha, released today.To find the firms that are doing the best job of serving the trading need of hedge funds, Alpha retabulated the results of the survey of head equity traders at institutional money management firms that was published in November 2005 in Alphas sister publication, Institutional Investor, using only votes cast by the hedge funds that participated. Respondents were asked to rank broker-dealers on the quality of their execution and to rank the best electronic communications networks and alternative trading systems.Hedge fund respondents rank Lehman Brothers best in market knowledge, trading intelligence, the ability...
Hedge Funds Name Lehman Brothers Top Firm for Execution and Sales-Trading in Alpha Magazine Ranking
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