The Exchange Traded Fund Alternative
(ContentDesk) October 13, 2005 -- The earth under the investing landscape is shifting quickly. Buy and holding stocks and investments in traditional mutual funds are no longer providing the investment returns they once did. Many investors do not have the time or knowledge to be constantly buying and selling stocks on a short term basis. Exchange Traded funds provide a major alternative to mutual funds and index funds. Exchange Traded Funds provide major advantages over Mutual Funds.
Rather then being priced at the end of the day, their price is updated during the day like stocks. They can be bought and sold like stocks. Unlike Mutual Funds, Exchange Traded Funds can also be shorted like stocks.Their expense ratios are much lower then mutual funds, thus saving investors money. The numbers and types of exchange traded funds are constantly growing. You can invest in indexes, Gold and Silver, Energy, specific countries such as Mexico and Brazil, Bonds, and exchange traded funds made up of stocks that pay dividends.
The list goes on.ExchangeTradedFundInvesting.com provides updated information on Exchange Traded Funds. Information includes the highest volume trading funds and updated info on the funds with the highest year to date returns. There is also information on changing market conditions..
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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AssetPage Ranks the Best and Worst Performing Asset Classes for 2005
Houston, TX (ContentDesk) January 6, 2006 -- Of the 32 asset classes tracked by AssetPage" a financial publisher specializing in asset class analytics, international emerging market stocks posted a leading 32.6% return in 2005, with almost two-thirds of that return coming in a blistering third quarter performance.
Emerging market stocks strong first place finish was not surprising since the asset class had performed well all year. Commodities, precious metals (gold), REITs, and international developed markets rounded out the top five best performing asset classes for 2005. In 2005, foreign stocks and alternative asset classes were the big stories as investors looked for returns other than in the idle U.S. stock market, according to Steven Sheldon, AssetPages Director of Research. Mid cap stocks were the only traditional asset class to post double-digit returns in 2005, Sheldon continued.
Fixed income asset classes performed the worst in 2005 with short term municipal...
AssetPage Ranks the Best and Worst Performing Asset Classes for 2005
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PerTrac and MSCI Barra Announce Renewed Relationship
New York, NY (ContentDesk via ContentDesk Direct) July 13, 2006 -- PerTrac Financial Solutions, LLC, (PFS) creator of the PerTrac Analytical Platform, the worlds leading asset allocation and investment analysis software, announced today that it has renewed its relationship with MSCI Barra, a leading provider of benchmark indices and risk management analytics products.????The MSCI Hedge Fund Indices and Database, introduced in 2002, are a widely-used source of information on alternative investments, consisting of more than 190 indices as well as containing data on over 2,600 hedge funds and CTAs.
The indices, which are calculated based upon the performance of the funds in the database, serve as an important representation of the hedge fund opportunity set and are distinguished by their transparency, 95%+ monthly constituent reporting, and superior system of categorizing hedge funds using MSCI Barras granular Hedge Fund Classification...
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Energy Hedge Fund Center Launches Major New Study into Global Energy Markets
Houston, TX and New York, NY. (ContentDesk) March 22, 2006 -- The Energy Hedge Fund Center, LLC (EHFC) has announced a major new multi-client study into global energy markets. The study will review all energy and environmental commodity financial markets with the ultimate objective of definitively classifying and sizing those markets. It will examine structural change in the markets, new trading instruments and exchanges, as well as examining global markets for crude oil, refined products, natural gas, electric power, emissions, and other commodities. Global energy trading is rapidly recovering from any impacts it sustained as a result of the collapse of the North American Energy Merchants that impacted natural gas and electric power markets considerably, said Mr. Peter C.
Fusaro, Co-Principal, EHFC. Additionally, new exchange-based clearing mechanisms, instruments and intra-commodity relationships have emerged that have reduced barriers to entry, increased market liquidity...
Energy Hedge Fund Center Launches Major New Study into Global Energy Markets
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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...
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Platinum Funding Group Strengthens Its Factoring Offerings to Hedge Fund and Venture Capital Communities
New York, NY (ContentDesk) June 26, 2006 -- Platinum Funding Group announced the expansion of its service offering to hedge funds, venture capital firms and boutique investment banks by appointing two new business development professionals at the companys headquarter in New York City.