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Hedge funds and brokers turn to poker
in Sox First, on November 21, 2009
... as money you win. In other words, you actually save money by lowering risk and avoiding overpriced stocks. Hedge fund manager David Einhorn plays a mean game of poker. ""Both poker and investing are... ...-trained memory. And given the number of hedge fund managers and brokers who have screwed up badly over the last two years, it makes sense that the industry is now casting its net wide to find talent...
49 million Americans go hungry
in Sox First, on November 17, 2009
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US stocks might be rallying to a 13 month high and retail sales have bounced on the back of resurgent car sales but look behind the numbers and you will see the US is a long way off from r... ...f resurgent car sales but look behind the numbers and you will see the US is a long way off from recovery. According to a new report from the United States Department of Agriculture, America is strugg...
Seen that? - Currency trading with Retirement money
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on November 15, 2009
...tirement Funds are looking into the world of Currency trading. And the thought behind it was, "Stocks and bonds are tied to the business cycle and currencies have low correlations with are market... ...es have low correlations with are markets. As one who has traded Stocks, Bonds and Currency's over the decades, I find this train of thought Scary. Trading currencies are no deferent then any ot...
The last tuna?
in Sox First, on November 14, 2009
...g. The International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) has been told that stocks of the giant bluefin tuna are close to collapse with catches in 2008 at three times the ICCAT... ...
The world is running out of tuna, the result of over fishing and illegal fishing. The International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) has been told that stocks of the ...
Seen that? - YOU SHOULD FOLLOW CASINO NEWS
in Play Las Vegas, on November 13, 2009
...cts the way casinos conduct business and deal with [...] Read More GAMBLING ON CASINO STOCKS at Play Las Vegas Source:www.mutualfunds.about....
Glass-Steagall and the market meltdown
in Sox First, on November 13, 2009
...nigans that had ushered in the Great Depression where banks getting their own depositors to buy the stocks the banks were dealing. The idea behind Glass-Steagall was to keep banks from speculating wit... ...ton allowed commercial banks to merge with investment banks. And because banks were now allowed to cover both sides of the street, they could sell mortgages to homeowners, and then invent fancy invest...
Galleon scandal: just the beginning?
in Sox First, on November 8, 2009
...ave an edge and, through a system of high-speed or "flash" trading, figure out which way individual stocks or the markets are heading before anyone else. "Can individual investors compete?" It's a g... ...
The biggest prosecution of hedge fund insider trading went into overdrive this week with 20 people, including Galleon Group LLC co-founder Raj Rajaratnam, getting hauled up on criminal charges....
MBA turkeys and the market
in Sox First, on November 8, 2009
Earlier this year, I did a blog entry slating the business schools for helping create the market meltdown. The Women on the Web site followed up with a brilliant roll call of MBAs, or Masters of the Business Apocalypse, from Harvard. The rogue's gallery includes former Merrill Lynch CE...
Obama dismantles post-Enron reforms
in Sox First, on November 5, 2009
...udulent accounting and its manipulation of energy markets, millions of investors who have small-cap stocks in their portfolios could be ripped off by hordes of mini-Bernie Madoffs. These companies sho...
Seen that? - The weekly trend in US stocks
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on October 24, 2009
... The weekly trend in US stocks at The Hedge Funds Weblog The Major US index`s ( Dow 30 , SP 500 and NASDAQ 100 ) Closed in Weekly sells. They joined... ...h has been in a Weekly Sell for 3 weeks. The action in the Markets have reflected a lack of buyers over the last few weeks . Now with the US Ten Year Note braking out of its range we should see some ...
KFC's secrets in China
in Sox First, on October 22, 2009
...ionships and execution. As outlined here , the first thing KFC China did was select partners with government connections. In China, relationships are the most important part of building a business. W...
Seen that? - Email Sucks
in I got Spam?!, on October 11, 2009
... 'special' content? It seems spammers no longer push porn, they are busy advertising drugs, stocks and real-estate. As SC Magazine's Fiona Raisbeck and Frank Washkuch Jr. report, only 3% o... ...didn't read it. It all started about 17 hours ago, when I started receiving the same SPAM email over-and-over. No matter how many times I marked the email as SPAM, Gmail continued to drop the emai...
Seen that? - NBA's Marc Cuban Blogs his Plans to Launch Betting Hedge Fund
in The Gambling Weblog, on October 2, 2009
...rket "I've decided to start a new hedge fund. However, this hedge fund won't invest in stocks or bonds, or any [...] Read More Preakness Betting Affected by Online Gambling ... ...tting Tax at The Gambling Weblog Jockey Club in talks over changes to betting tax The Hong Kong Jockey club has seen betting turnover fall from HK$130 mi...
The phoney bull market
in Sox First, on September 24, 2009
...lunkers program has been subsidizing new car sales which is great for the auto sector and financial stocks are doing well with the Fed keeping interest rates near zero. But as Reich implies, it's... ...onfidence is on the floor? Former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich explains why in his blog . The government has pushed its way into the market, buying up Fannie and Freddie's paper. With the US ...
A big week for the US economy
in Sox First, on September 13, 2009
...hers. And it's a big week ahead this week. In fact, this could be the make or break week for US stocks with a whole series of events scheduled for the next few days. CNN reports that on Monday,... ...ekly jobless claims numbers from the Labor Department are also due that day. And on Friday, the US government releases its state by state employment reports. The problem is that the seeds of another ...
The next bubbles
in Sox First, on September 12, 2009
...rgy; the Fed snapping up $1.25 trillion of mortgage backed securities; the prices of junk financial stocks like Fannie, Freddie, AIG, Citi and Bank of America getting pushed up in the rush to buy chea...
Headed for the double dip
in Sox First, on August 20, 2009
... As this report says: "The greenback has fallen about 10% against a basket of currencies since stocks bottomed in early March. At the same time, the price of oil is up almost 50%. Soybean prices ... ...
As reported here , the International Monetary Fund says the recovery has begun. It's just that it will be slow and unpredictable. And it's gone so deep that it will affect supply and dem...
地震造成中国互联网国际出口故障
in Wangtam, on 2009-08-19
...py of The Pirate Bay Before It's Gone
• Stocks Fall in Europe and Asia
• Dell Mini 3i smartphone gets official outing in China
• A New Experiment: The RFS
• English Wikipedia Reaches 3 Mil...
Unemployment figures: don't celebrate yet
in Sox First, on August 9, 2009
...nitial reports about the latest US unemployment figures, you would think the recession is over. US stocks rose when the unemployment rate slipped a mere 0.1% to 9.4% as did European stocks , a si... ...read the initial reports about the latest US unemployment figures, you would think the recession is over. US stocks rose when the unemployment rate slipped a mere 0.1% to 9.4% as did European stoc...
Another oil shock?
in Sox First, on August 2, 2009
... that oil prices could hit $80 a barrel in January. For investors, that means the time to buy oil stocks is now. They'll be a lot more expensive in a few months time.... ...t Nyquist writes in BusinessWeek , we are looking at a second shock to the world economy as the recovery kicks in with demand expected to grow more than 2% annually between 2010 and 2015. That's ...
Roubini: the recovery will be ugly
in Sox First, on July 21, 2009
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Stocks might be rising with economist Nouriel "Dr Doom" Roubini saying that the worst of the financial crisis is over but the optimism seems to be misplaced. First, his comments don&#... ...with economist Nouriel "Dr Doom" Roubini saying that the worst of the financial crisis is over but the optimism seems to be misplaced. First, his comments don't seem to be that differen...
The True Story of True Ventures
in Wangtam, on 2009-06-30
...u Trade Stocks Via Twitter
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The future is Battery Powered Passive RFID Tags
in The RFID Weblog, on June 24, 2009
...erchandise or theft, and can also help retailers improve inventory accuracy to minimize overstocks and out-of-stocks.
... ...ed merchandise or theft, and can also help retailers improve inventory accuracy to minimize overstocks and out-of-stocks.
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Unemployment: are the numbers lying?
in Sox First, on June 14, 2009
So unemployment in the US has jumped to 9.4% but are the numbers telling us the truth? Is unemployment actually worse than what the statisticians are telling us? As reported here , consultant John Williams says the number of unemployed in the US is actually more like 20%, which takes it up t...
National Venture Capital Association: Suggestions and Blind Spots
in TJ's Weblog, on May 25, 2009
...ay stock is sold and distributed in IPOs - improvements that would force some investors to hold IPO stocks instead of buying them to speculate on and flip quickly. And a final suggestion was that taxe... ...ng summed up the NVCA's suggestions: Mr. Doll asked that "both the private sector and the government address the breakdowns that have occurred within their respective systems," to solve ...
Apple 发布 Mac OS X 10.5.7 和 Security Update 2009-002
in Wangtam, on 2009-05-13
...Unit Converter, Stocks, Weather and Movies Dashboard widgets.
• Addresses a situation that may cause issues when logging into Gmail.
• Improves reliability when syncing contacts with Yahoo!.
• Expansi... ...overall reliability with CalDav.
• Improves reliability when automatically syncing with MobileMe.
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Supply chain consultants introduce new inventory reduction analytic tool
in Supplychainer, on April 29, 2009
...ws you to see areas where "inventory right-sizing" indicates the need to increase certain stocks or rebalance their location."
The many benefits of the Inventory Analysis software incl... ...include:
- Reducing inventories without harming customer service;
- Quantifying dollars reducible (over target) at flexible levels of aggregation (by any slice/dice combination);
- Providing executiv...
iPhone 3.0 Firmware Makes iPhones Happy
in The Gadgets Weblog, on March 18, 2009
...iPod (like the iPod Nano).
Note syncing, improved Maps (with turn-by-turn support), and improved stocks application.
Multi-media messaging service.
The 3.0 firmware is available to develope... ...
I know... this isn't an Apple blog, and we have been covering quite a bit of Apple new lately, but I promise, this will be the last Apple announcement for a while. Simply put, Apple announced...
The bear is bouncing
in Sox First, on March 14, 2009
... broke up and before Valentine's Day ... Market-watchers agree this could be the bottom. Unless stocks go lower. If they do, THAT will be the bottom. If stocks go up, now is the bottom, but we won... ...ly. We still have the problem of the credit crisis and zombie banks, now combined with inefficient governments building up unsustainable deficits. It's temporary and the bear is bouncing. As Det...
Don't count on China
in Sox First, on March 5, 2009
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Stocks around the world have risen in the hope that China will build on its efforts to restore growth. That's in response to Chinese premier Wen Jiabao pledging that China will hit its...
The long slump
in Sox First, on March 3, 2009
...ing to go by, it will be around for a lot longer than that. As The Wall Street Journal tells us, stocks fell to their lowest level in 12 years with signs that investors were knuckling down to a lon...
The banking crisis and Eastern Europe
in Sox First, on February 18, 2009
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The world's banking crisis is hitting Eastern Europe with Russian stocks going into free fall . The Financial Times reports that Moody's says Eastern Europe is looking increasingly vul... ...orating asset quality, falling local currencies, exposure to a regional slump in real-estate and an over-reliance on scarce short-term funding. That spells trouble for the major banks. Last year, the ...
Novices Given $1 Million to Start a Hedge Fund on TV
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on January 23, 2009
...e training to help prepare them to launch their own hedge fund and try to make their fortune in the stocks and shares market.
The traders set up camp in one of the buildings grade A office suites, bu...
Wall Street to Obama: the banks are insolvent
in Sox First, on January 21, 2009
...ver performance on inauguration day and beating the previous record set by the hopeless herbert hoover . Wall Street is telling Obama something: US are in bad shape, perhaps insolvent. The banks l...
How to make a killing in the crisis
in Sox First, on January 20, 2009
...it shows no sign of slowing down. What we are seeing is institutional money moving away from common stocks and pouring into corporate bonds. Corporate bond yields are now higher than US government bon... ... from common stocks and pouring into corporate bonds. Corporate bond yields are now higher than US government bonds. Instead of liquidating, investors are merely changing asset classes. The Wall Stre...
Maths and the meltdown
in Sox First, on January 15, 2009
...rational optimism or pessimism-in stock-market data since the 1960s. They hypothesized that certain stocks would be more subject to sentiment than others: broadly speaking, stocks for which the true v... ...coming increasingly manic the bigger the bubble gets ... Psychologists have found that people often overestimate the precision of their knowledge. Scheinkman and his Princeton colleague Wei Xiong gues...
Indian Stocks Nose Dive 3 Days In A Row
in Exclusive from our news room , on January 11, 2009
No country or industry is immune from the effects of the economic downturn that is sweeping the world.
India, which has enjoyed an influx of wealth, mostly in the high tech industry, for several years running, is now starting to lose some ground as its banks are hit by the world-wide credit crunch....
Investment in Smaller Companies Can Still Pay Big
in Biz Plan Hacks, on January 5, 2009
...er at Motley Fool had an entertaining story this weekend about the value of smaller, lesser known stocks. A Midwest billionaire once claimed he could earn 50% per year on a portfolio of ordinary... ...Paul Elliott over at Motley Fool had an entertaining story this weekend about the value of smaller, lesser known stocks. A Midwest billionaire once claimed he could earn 50% per year on a portfo...
Winners and losers for 2008
in Sox First, on December 31, 2008
...es rewarded handsomely for destroying shareholder value, short sellers who made the right call that stocks would crash, alternative energy and, one of my favorite cities, Houston. It's a good sta... ...omics which for long had peddled the line about free markets so perfect that there was no need for government regulation and the general public which has been hammered badly. On Steffy's list of ...
Christmas Being All But Ignored By European Shoppers
in Exclusive from our news room , on December 22, 2008
...son as far as Europe's retailers are concerned.
Plummeting share prices for auto, bank and oil stocks is the reason economists are giving for the overall drop in the European economy.
Read Reut... ...
Plummeting share prices for auto, bank and oil stocks is the reason economists are giving for the overall drop in the European economy.
Read Reuter's report on how stock market woes have cause...
Madoff and SEC neglect
in Sox First, on December 13, 2008
...is strategy this way: 'Typically, a position will consist of the ownership of 30-35 S&P 100 stocks, most correlated to that index, the sale of out-of-the-money calls on the index and the purch... ...tter to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in 1999. Mr. Markopolos pursued his accusations over the past nine years, dealing with both the New York and Boston bureaus of the SEC, according to...
Where can we find the cash in supply chain?
in Supplychainer, on December 7, 2008
...roving forecasting methods also help to reduce WIP through the supply chain or the finished product stocks in the warehouses.
Even though might seem simple, such tactics are very powerful and can cr...
Behind the $1 salary
in Sox First, on December 5, 2008
...t does is change a guaranteed payment. They still get lots of money from perks, bonuses, restricted stocks and stock options. And as this report points out, many executives like Apple's Steve Jo...
CPG supply chains: What are they doing?
in Supplychainer, on November 24, 2008
...n design elements. This accelerates new product introductions and reduces problems including out-of-stocks and eliminates some of the surprises that arise in the rollout process.
- The emphasis on d...
Times are Tough, But This AOC Monitor Displays a Bright Side
in The Gadgets Weblog, on November 21, 2008
...y black finish. Did I mention it is only $159? That is a heck of a deal; nothing like watching your stocks free fall in high-resolution and widescreen!
I expect that AOC won't be alone this holid...
US market: it's back to 1997
in Sox First, on November 21, 2008
...e year Diana Princess of Wales was killed in a car crash. And Bill Clinton was riding high. US stocks and the Standard & Poor's 500 Index have collapsed, plunging to the lowest level sinc...
Beijing's Stimulus Package a Flop?
in China Venture News, on November 11, 2008
...rs are back in Shanghai and Hong Kong (as well as other markets). The FTSE was down today by 3.57%. Stocks in Singapore were down 4.14%. And Germany's DAX was down 5.25%
Photo courtesy of iSto...
China Unveils Stimulus Package
in China Venture News, on November 9, 2008
...lth care and social welfare, and features a tax deduction for capital spending by companies.
Asian stocks rallied in response to the plan.
Photo courtesy of iStockphoto , Kyle Maass
... ... designed to revive the fading confidence of Chinese businesses and consumers, and impress foreign governments. The WSJ went on to say that the plan includes spending in housing, infrastructure, agric...
Parallel SSH execution and a single shell to control them all
in Wangtam, on 2008-10-31
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Markets and the destruction of wealth
in Sox First, on October 11, 2008
Fear and panic have gripped the world's markets. On Friday, Wall Street continued its plunge , with losses for the year reaching an amazing $8.3 trillion. But if you look at the data closely, you will see we are now seeing a decade of wealth destruction. The S&P500 shows 11 years of no...
I'm Very Tempted to Buy Small Banks
in The Personal Finance Weblog, on September 30, 2008
...y $10,000 (or less depending on how much of a thrill you want), and invest it evenly in those three stocks. Unless all three completely crash and burn, you probably come out ahead. If two out of three... ...some of the public regional banks that haven't yet been swallowed up. Here's my theory...
Sovereign Bank - SOV - Trading at $4.14 as I write this. Was $10.23 on September 19th.
National ...
China Stock Investors Get New Rules
in China Venture News, on September 29, 2008
...g to a Bloomberg report.
The exchange in Shanghai has lost 56% of its value in the last year. The government hopes the new move will boost trade and help turn China's markets around.
Short sell...
Bailout blues
in Sox First, on September 25, 2008
...ds, private equity funds and others are trying to reduce risk by "deleveraging" - selling stocks and bonds to raise cash, increase capital and cut their own debt. The rush to cash is a hallm... ...sue. Unless the ones who created the crisis are made to bear the cost, it's going to happen all over again. Samuelson goes back in history, let me go back further. The tough regulations introduce...
Buffett to the rescue
in Sox First, on September 24, 2008
...t, that the world is not about to end. And investors loved it, with US index futures and European stocks rising . Mind you, that was after Monday and Tuesday's horror sessions which produced the... ...just putting up a lazy $5 billion to save the bank, and he has the option to pay another $5 billion over the next five years. He is also in effect telling Berkshire Hathaway investors, and for tha...
Your "Balanced" Mutual Fund May Be Off Balance
in The Personal Finance Weblog, on September 23, 2008
...ou're like most people, you have a hazy idea of what to do - diversify, have a balance between stocks and bonds that correlates to your age/years to retirement. Most of us don't want to think ...
Credit crisis: views from the inside
in Sox First, on September 18, 2008
... each other again. Maybe that's why it continues to be a slaughter out there in the market with stocks tumbling . Anyone who though the $85 billion bailout, sorry nationalisation, of AIG would re... ...ably running high throughout the day. There was a sense of panic as people realised that it was all over - and so very quickly. Shock was certainly in evidence but also tremendous anger at the way thi...
China's Developing Bond Market
in China Venture News, on September 17, 2008
..., anyway. So perhaps the growth of China's bond market is a silver lining. And we all know that stocks there recover...
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... ...n China.
Since it reached wild peaks in October of last year, the Shanghai Stock Exchange has lost over half its value. If you're own the outside looking in (like the vast majority of foreign inv...
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Black Sunday fallout
in Sox First, on September 16, 2008
...and incomes that haven't kept pace with inflation for several years. More than half of them own stocks, either directly or through mutual funds. Two-thirds of the mutual funds are in tax-deferred ... ...n policies that encouraged people to take on so much debt. "There is so much debt-individual, government and corporate debt-it just grew and grew and grew," David Oser, chief economist at Sh...
Lehman Brothers: the canary in the coal mine
in Sox First, on September 10, 2008
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How quick was that? The rally in stocks following the bailout of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac didn't last that long after after the Korean Development Bank confirmed it had ended talks to resc... ...ore pressure, noting that the precipitous falls in the bank's share price would heighten doubts over its ability to raise further capital. Lehman now will have to make uncomfortable sacrifices. Re...
China Approaches Policy Change
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on August 20, 2008
...g. "We are all waiting for a miracle," Lun added.
Despite the sudden turnaround in Asian stocks, apprehension about the earnings outlook was rife, according to Reuters, especially after the...
Firefox Suche um Bildagenturen erweitern
in PHP-Developer-Blog, on 17.08.08
Tim Böttiger hat für alle, die öfter hochwertige Bilder benötigen eine Suchmaschinenerweiterung für den firefox veröffentlicht. Momentan werden die Bildagenturen photocase , fotolia , gettyimages , shutterstock und f1online angeboten. Die Installation ist einfach: Befindet man...
Wealthy Investors Approve of Alternatives
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on July 30, 2008
...venture capital, real estate and private equity, than their more traditional investments, including stocks and bonds.
Negative stories published about hedge funds appear not to have deterred experien... ...rs understand the risk and rewards of hedge fund investments.
Many expressed greater satisfaction over the last 12 months with their holdings in alternatives, including hedge funds, venture capital,...
SEC is wrong on short selling
in Sox First, on July 29, 2008
...about the SEC's campaign This is the same agency that allowed credit rating agencies to talk up stocks that were just junk and that trend masked some deeper issues in the market. Attacking short s... ...erly markets are important factors in capital formation, and that a capitalist society must have a government that enforces contracts. What isn't obvious from the news or from the historical recor...
New York Fund Launch
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on July 29, 2008
...e risk is possible if you first focus on return using objective trend-following in US large/mid cap stocks and then employ risk control including NO leverage."
Full story; Southridge Launches A...
Why Offshore Services Are Being Adversely Impacted by the Global Economy
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on July 16, 2008
... share prices of companies with substantial offshore operations riding the same tidal flow of other stocks. In fact, some analysts are seeing a slowing in outsourcing growth in the next fiscal year.... ...cy changes that may result from the 2008 presidential election , potential for additional takeovers or failures of struggling companies, particularly in the financial segment, and a general mala...
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac fallout - the questions continue
in Sox First, on July 15, 2008
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The bailout of Fannie Mae and Freddie Max continue to raise questions. The US government's plan to rescue Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac got the initial tick. The big investors supported a $US3...
Legend Capital Raises $400m for New Fund
in China Venture News, on July 13, 2008
PE Hub said this week that Legend Capital has raised $400 million for a private equity fund focused on technology, media and telecom in China.
Legend Capital's parent company, Legend Group , is based in Hangzhou. They own Lenovo Group Ltd, China's top PC maker. Legend Group invested abo...
Storage stocks fall
in On Storage, on July 5, 2008
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I knew it wasn't just me. As I posted yesterday, I felt a bit uneasy about my stock prices . Seems the industry as a whole did have some issues yesterday as reported by Forbes.com . Stating that shares of data storage product makers mostly traded lower. Some even falling 3...
Storage Stock - How is yours doing?
in On Storage, on July 4, 2008
... noticed the fluxuation in stock prices in the storage industry. I haven't looked at all stocks but the stock I do own in LSI has been very questionable today. Down over 21 cents today to 5... ...ven't looked at all stocks but the stock I do own in LSI has been very questionable today. Down over 21 cents today to 5.90. Was down to 5.83 yesterday. And has been droping ever since it hit a &q...
