2002 Not a Great Year for Hedge Funds According to consultants and academics, 2002 will go down as the worst year for hedge funds in almost a...
IB has great rates and TWS is great, but they most certainly do not have good customer service. I'd shudder to think what you must have endured...
Note the "and" at the end of item a. It is both. You have to register if the limits in either a or b are exceeded. Registration involves finger...
Interesting. I had always heard this called the "semi-Sharpe ratio". Thanks for defining the Sortino ratio, Globaltrader.
Have you tried the e-minis? I found that the reduced slippage more than made up for the 5x commissions. What we really need is a large,...
As your account grows you want to make bigger trades and vice versa as your account shrinks. Fixed fractional is a little too aggressive, though....
Easiest way is for someone else to act as the custodian. Someone like Millenium or RIA. Is MTrust a custodian? They would be another alternative.
I switched to the mini-Dow for the day. It was a good work-around.
"How to Create & Manage a Hedge Fund: A Professional's Guide" by Stuart McCrary "How to Start Your Own Private Investment Partnership" by...
Speaking of hedge fund software... I'm not interested in software for setting up the hedge fund, but I am interested in software for doing...
It is difficult to find investors for a hedge fund. Your first investors are going to be friends, relatives, and former and current coworkers....
I've got a pen from the Marriott World Trade Center that I'm hanging on to as a keepsake. There are a bazillion movies that show the New York...
Thanks, Max!
It took me by complete surprise that the Dax and Stoxx closed at 2pm CET today (Dec. 30th). I had gotten holiday schedules from a couple brokers...
Max, Yes, I'm familiar with the Nikasil problem. The car I'm looking at had a complete engine replacement done at 60k miles. In fact it is...
Correct. You cannot contribute to a qualified retirement plan if all your income flows through Schedule D. To get around this you would need to...
Ah, thanks, Nitro. I'll do these.
Thanks rtharp and niniTrdr. That's a good point about fuel, repairs, and insurance all going to cost more. Since I trade from home and don't...
Does anyone own own a BMW 5 series? How do you like it? My friend is offering me his 540i for $11.5k. It's a 1995 with 108k miles. It's got a...
Oh, yeah. I was thinking futures with their 60/40 long term/short term split. Thanks.
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