Tyrus Capital is reportedly up 3.74% YTD through February 3rd, outperforming event-driven hedge funds overall, which are up 2.4% on average through the…
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Tony Chedraoui’s Tyrus Capital off to a good start in 2012
Posted by managedfx on February 21st, 2012
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No Comments »HFRX Daily Indices – January 2012 Performance
Posted by managedfx on February 21st, 2012
Hedge Funds posted their strongest gains since 2010, with the HFRX Global Hedge Fund Index gaining +1.72% for the month, while the HFRX Market Directional Index gained +1.88%.
Posted in hedge fund, mutual fund Tags: activist, copyright, credit, energy, europe, european, hfrx indices, india, investment, japanese, mutual fund No Comments »HFRI Indices – January 2012 Performance
Posted by managedfx on February 21st, 2012
Hedge funds opened 2012 by posting broad-based gains in January, with the HFRI Fund Weighted Composite Index gaining +2.63 percent, the second highest monthly performance figure since December 2010, according to data released today by HFR.
Posted in hedge fund Tags: figure-since, funds-opened, hedge fund, hfri, hfri indices, posting-broad-based, the-second, weighted, weighted-composite No Comments »HFR, Inc. releases HFR Asian Hedge Fund Industry Report for Year End 2011
Posted by managedfx on February 21st, 2012
ASIAN HEDGE FUNDS TOP EQUITY MARKETS AGAIN IN 2011. Strategy evolution, risk management integral to 2nd consecutive year of outperformance; China overtakes US as top location for Asian-focused hedge funds in 2011
Posted in hedge fund Tags: alternative, china, chinese, european, industry, investment, microsoft, middle-east, netscape, outlook, russian, south-korea No Comments »HFRX Monthly Indices – January 2012 Performance
Posted by managedfx on February 21st, 2012
The January 2012 performance of the HFRX Monthly Indices has been published at www.hfrx.com
Posted in hedge fund, mutual fund Tags: activist, alternative, china, copyright, europe, industry, japanese, markets, mutual fund, technology No Comments »Greece Debt Deal Kicks ‘Giant Beer Keg’ Down Road
Posted by managedfx on February 21st, 2012
Gold rose to its highest in a week today after euro zone policymakers sealed an agreement for a second debt deal with Greece. Gold remained flat at $1,736/oz
Posted in hedge fund, managed futures Tags: business, countries, credit, crisis, government, hedge fund, london, manufacturing, news No Comments »USD/JPY Analysis
Posted by managedfx on February 21st, 2012
Opened at Y79.63 in Asia and slipped on EUR/USD sales to Y79.53 on the back of an FT article showing reluctance from some EU states to ratify the deal. USD then found solid support towards Y79.50, and moved higher to Y79.81 before easing back to Y79.55
Posted in forex news, hedge fund Tags: forex analysis, forex market, hedge fund, usd/jpy No Comments »Financial Spread Trading For Beginners
Posted by managedfx on February 21st, 2012
In this article, I want to show what factors to take into account when making a spread trading strategy in the financial markets. Such a strategy should be custom-designed for each person! After all, would you wear clothes made for another person? So it is with trading strategies
Posted in forex asset managment, hedge fund, mutual fund Tags: beginners, day trading, financial, forex asset management, hedge fund, mutual fund, spread, trading No Comments »An Evening With General Douglas Fraser
Posted by managedfx on February 21st, 2012
I never cease to be amazed by the intelligence provided me by the US Defense Department, which after the CIA, has the world’s most impressive and insightful economic research team. There are few places a global strategist like myself can go to get an intelligent, thoughtful forty year views, and this is one. Of course, they are planning how to commit ever declining resources in future military conflicts.
February 21, 2012 – Quote of the Day
Posted by managedfx on February 21st, 2012
“The Fed only knows two speeds; too fast, and too slow,” said Nobel Prize winning economist Milton Friedman to me over lunch one day.
