Of course hedge funds should be regulated ..... by the rich people who own stakes in them! I can't think of a more effective regulation than...
Emigration to avoid a tax is not a solution for US taxpapers who owe significant sums. Prepare to be hounded by the IRS for the rest of your...
The only bit variable figure anyone in ET cares/should care about is how much money you actually made trading. Doesn't prove skill or brains,...
That will teach Maouis to give out equity. Long term equity participation by the desk heads might naturally result in better risk management.
I was asked by some investors to help do due dilligence on a fund that wants to be seeded to the tune of $300,000 for a demonstration account,...
maybe this multiple payee thing has something to do with the Patriot Act? I know that banks are required to have safeguards against "smurfing",...
Faber's move makes sense - because I think his wife is Thai. Also, Thailand is such an inexpensive and yet relatively civil/safe place to live...
That's certainly out of character. It has been a good play of course. Don't suppose you know if he's decided on which Asian city to settle...
I've always felt that the population of ET can be classed into four major groups promoters / sheep / traders / sociopaths in approximately...
how true I like how flytiger has that special way with words I haven't read rearden's posts nor do I know rearden, but what little I've read...
I think most people forget that a long time ago in a galaxy far away, Rogers began life as a stellar stock analyst at Arnold Bleichroeder with an...
Well - the market is a giant processing machine continually spitting out a stream of price data, which really are operating instructions for the...
I understand the partners at McKinsey at the Director level can make 8 figures. A new partner probably just clears 7 figures. It probably takes 10...
:) as they say, good enough for government work. At the end of the day people just care about the net. If you show 2/35, that's fine, but you...
Actually it's not obvious. You could always borrow 4 times your starting capital, so you get up to 5 times and invest it in the mutual fund to...
Another problem is that the S&P closes at 4pm while the futures closes at 4.15pm, so they are not exactly the same thing. A continuous contract...
The New York Times Published: May 26, 2006 By JENNY ANDERSON According to Alpha's list, Mr. Simons charges a 5 percent management fee and...
From THE WALL STREET JOURNAL July 1, 2005; Page C1 "Mr. Simons, whose net worth has been estimated at $2.5 billion, has seen Renaissance's $5...
Warren Buffett said it best I think. Interest rates are like gravity - as they go up, the present value of all future cash flows is reduced.
This is a calculation based on open interest. If it were daily volume, the contribution from hedge funds would be significantly larger.
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