Global Change Associates and Utilipoint International announce the completion of the first comprehensive study on energy hedge funds.
Additionally, the two companies have prepared the first directory of hedge funds active in energy with over 200 listings.
This electronic directory will be updated monthly as new funds continue to enter the market. Energy hedge funds are relatively new entrants into energy trading markets and are replacing the liquidity lost when Enron and other energy merchants left the market over the past 3 years. The funds trade crude oil on both the NYMEX and IPE as well as the OTC energy derivatives markets.
Similarly, they trade natural gas on both futures exchanges and the North American OTC markets. To round out their participation, they trade both gasoline and heating oil on NYMEX and gasoil on the IPE.The Directory, "Hedge Funds in Energy" is available as a Utilipoint Infogrid available on the company's website at http://www.utilipoint.com/rci/infogrids.asp for $995 for an annual subscription with 11 monthly updates. About Global Change Associates, Inc.Global Change Associates Inc, is based in New York (www.global-change.com), and is a leading consultancy in energy and environmental commodity risk management. GCA is at the forefront of revealing changes in energy trading and risk management, and has been the market leader in energy trading, energy e-commerce, and Enron competitive analysis studies. Company chairman, Peter Fusaro is the author of New York Times best seller What Went Wrong at Enron and has authored six books on energy and environmental trading and will release Energy Hedging in Asia this fall through MacMillan.
About UtiliPoint International, Inc.Utilipoint International Inc. (www.utilipoint.com) with origins dating to 1933,
is a leader in providing research-based consulting to the utility industry. UtiliPoint analysts have provided strategic business plans and studies on information technology, and its impact on utility operations. Direct experiences include work in trading/risk management, outsourcing, CIS, billing, CRM, metering, AMR, demand response, work/outage management, supply chain, ERP, call centers, rates/pricing products, and IT architectural design. The firm is also the publisher of IssueAlert?, an analysis of the utility and energy industry's hot topics sent to over 34,000 utility and energy executives daily.For further information on this brand new directory please contact Gary Vasey e-mail protected from spam bots.???.
UtiliPoint and Global Change Associates? Hedge Funds In Energy Online Seminar to Be Repeated
UtiliPoint? International, Inc. (UtiliPoint?) and Global Change Associates announce that they will repeat the popular online seminar ?Hedge Funds: the next wave in energy trading' due to continued heavy interest in the activities of energy hedge funds. The second online seminar is now scheduled for November 4th, 1pm ET.
The two companies' recently released the results of their research into hedge funds in energy and have also created the first directory of energy hedge funds."With energy prices at record levels and continuing speculation in the media regarding the role played by hedge funds, interest is high," reports Dr. Gary M.
Vasey, VP Trading & Risk Management Practice for UtiliPoint.
"Our first on-line seminar attracted a ?crowd' and we have had ongoing and repeated requests to repeat the session.""There is tremendous interest on what the hedge funds are up to the energy sector, and we keep discovering new things about them through our ongoing research,"...
Hedge Funds Extend Gains Through Fifth Month: Cogent Dynamic Averages Show Hedge Funds Up 1.9% in March 2006
Fairfield, CT (ContentDesk) April 17, 2006 -- Cogent Investment Research LLC, the operator of the free CogentHedge online alternative investment information and performance analysis resource for investment professionals worldwide (www.cogenthedge.com), reports that as of April 17, 2006, and with nearly 3000 entities now reporting results for March 2006, the Cogent Dynamic Averages for the major investment strategy classifications are as follows:All Funds:
March: 1.897%
Year to Date: 5.282%
Full Year 2005: 8.888%Single-manager ex futures funds:
March: 1.849%
Year to Date: 5.682%
Full Year 2005: 10.724%All Single-manager funds:
March: 1.944%
Year to Date: 5.423%
Full Year 2005: 9.957%Arbitrage strategies:
March: 1.191%
Year to Date: 4.087%
Full Year 2005: 5.212%Event-driven strategies:
March: 2.236%
Year to...
Advice for international investors on how to safeguard their profits
What are the risks?Today, investors are increasingly turning to global markets to find opportunities for profit, giving urgency to the issue of protecting returns from foreign exchange risk. While there are many excellent investment opportunities to be found all over the world, volatility in the currency markets can and does affect the profitability of these investments. An understanding of how currency rate movements can affect profits can help investors protect their bottom line from this uncertainty.A vivid example of how currency volatility can impact profits occurred in 2004. When the US stock market rallied, investors from Europe converted their euros into dollars and sent them to America to take advantage of these opportunities. Even though there was a 30% gain in the US stock market that year, it was accompanied by a 22% decline in the value of the dollar.
Although the European investors had earned substantial returns on their stock investments, their profits were reduced...
Advice for international investors on how to safeguard their profits
HedgeConnection.com Launched to Revolutionize Hedge Fund Marketing
New York, NY (ContentDesk) October 13, 2005 -- Hedge Connection Inc. (Hedge Connection) today announces the formal launch of its web-based investor marketing service, http://www.hedgeconnection.com.
Hedge Connection is the first service available that encourages direct interaction and provides, subject to certain safeguards, unobstructed flow of information between hedge funds and investors. Hedge funds are charged a fixed annual fee to gain direct access to investors with no commission on the back-end.
Qualified investors join for free and gain access to detailed information on hedge fund members.
The HedgeConnection.com dual search engine allows hedge funds to contact a database of qualified investors that match their search criteria, and enables qualified investors to search for hedge funds that match their specific parameters.
There are currently over 450 investors on the site representing...
Hedge Fund Email and IM Archiving with Amicus? Email Archive 6.0 Plus for Hedge Funds
Austin, TX (ContentDesk) October 27, 2005 -- Amicus, Inc., the leading application service provider (ASP) of compliance technology solutions to securities broker dealers and registered investment advisors, introduces Amicus? Email Archive 6.0 Plus for Hedge Funds. Combining EMC Centera? storage technology and acclaimed Amicus? training and support, this powerful but economical compliance package meets the critical archiving needs of large and small hedge fund firms, whether they are preparing to register with the SEC by Feb 1, 2006, or simply seeking a more reliable and economical long term email solution. Especially attractive to hedge funds and fund of funds stung by the cost of achieving their registration and compliance goals in a short time frame are Amicus low setup fee and favorable terms. As a result, "We're experiencing record RIA and broker dealer sign-ups for Amicus? archiving solutions this year," said Marshall Huwe, CEO of Amicus, Inc. But easy implementation alone is not...
Hedge Fund Email and IM Archiving with Amicus? Email Archive 6.0 Plus for Hedge Funds
The Broader Impact of Hedge Funds On Energy Markets
(ContentDesk) November 19, 2005 -- The co-founders of the Energy Hedge Fund Center present a new program on their ongoing research and advisory on energy and environmental hedge funds on Wednesday Nov. 30 at 1 p.m. EST.
Peter C. Fusaro and Dr.
Gary Vasey have written the first two reports on energy hedge funds, and launched the online community, Energy Hedge Fund Center website (www.energyhedgefunds.com). They sell and maintain the only Energy Hedge Fund Directory and publish the newsletter Energy Hedge. They are advisors to several energy and environmental hedge funds in the North America and Europe.Based in the twin capitals of U.S. energy trading, New York and Houston, Peter and Gary have called the new factors in energy trading and markets early and correctly. Todays energy trading has shifted with the influence of both energy hedge funds and investment banks leading to...
The Broader Impact of Hedge Funds On Energy Markets
Fun for the Entire Family - Ellis Ranch Pumpkin Festival - Giant Hay Maze - Horsedrawn Wagon Rides - Candy in the Haystack - Barrel Train Ride - Marshmallow Roasting, Fun list goes on and on.
This festival is truly an event for the family. Finally an event where parents and children have inter-act together! Adults are able turn back into a child themselves. Parents running on top of the Hay Maze, Bobbing for Apples and showing their child how to roast a marshmallow. Everyone loves feeding the goats, calves, ponies, & Lucy the pig. Activities available with your admission fee; Parking, Ranchland with Farm Animals, Marshmallow Roasting, Bobbin' for Apples, Giant Hay Maze, Candy in...
First Energy Hedge Fund Directory Now Available
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Hybrid Car Technology
Copyright 2006 Donovan Baldwin
LEADING UP TO THE NEED FOR A HYBRID VEHICLE
For most of the lifetime of automobiles, propulsion has been provided by the gasoline or diesel powered internal combustion type of engine. There have been brief flirtations with steam, electricity, and vehicles that could use a variety of fuels, but most of these have fallen by the wayside as the gasoline engine pushed billions of vehicles down the road.
However, this single-minded...
Global Bargains Inc. Releases MetroModeler Version 2.0
Johnson City, NY (ContentDesk) May 19, 2006 -- Global Bargains, Inc. has released version 2.0 of MetroModeler, 3D modeling software that makes it easy to create 3D models of buildings, streets, and cities, suitable for use in 3D art, video games, or television or motion picture special effects (http://www.metromodeler.com).MetroModeler is a Windows program centered around 2 very powerful utilities: a Random Building Generator and a Random...
Global Bargains Inc. Releases MetroModeler Version 2.0 First Energy Hedge Fund Directory Now Available
Goodyear and Arnold Palmer Join All Sports Tire Company?s Collegiate Tires Team
The reality of tire-buying is that consumers usually are not passionate about the purchase of new rubber for their vehicles. Tire industry veteran Tom Kopplin intends to change that scenario.Kopplin, chairman and CEO of All Sports Tire Company, based in Orlando, is tapping into the rabid fanaticism and buying power of college sports followers by developing specialized tires with collegiate sports team names built into the sidewalls."We have created another reason for a person to buy a particular...
First Energy Hedge Fund Directory Now Available
Fad Diets and Why They Don?t Stay
Copyright 2005 Adam Waxler
Fad diets are well known for their promise of bringing some instant weight loss. However, while these diets may help you lose weight quick, they may also create health issues.
Here is some helpful fad diet advice:
1. It's not recommended to do such a diet for more then 3 to 7 days, because they are unbalanced and are not meant to be a permanent way of eating.
2. While keeping the fad diet, do not overexert yourself,...