Islam and the West: Why it needn't be war By Peter Watson Is bloody conflict inevitable between Islamic fundamentalism and the West? No, says...
That's the crux - who are "they"? Because what worries us is that "they" are very, very obviously not the vast majority of the population of Iraq,...
I think the problem is that some people don't believe that countering terrorism is best achieved by invading places. That doesn't mean that those...
Who are we? Just human beings, same as you. That's not pompous or self-righteous - not being a citizen of the world's superpower does not make...
Liking someone doesn't mean you have to think everything they do is right though, does it? I mean, I've got friends who act like idiots when...
Franz Ferdinand are good, but they're Scottish, not English. Another good one is Stellastarr, well worth hearing.
Does anyone have any views on the CBOT Bund, Bobl and Schatz launch? Any possibility that they'll attract volume? What's the purpose of the launch?
I think there's two points there. Firstly, you can argue that there just isn't enough profit to be made, or enough competent asset managers, so...
My point remains: if competing asset management styles consistently produce better returns, and old style long only managers continue to fail to...
Also not true. Benchmarking makes mediocrity the goal. There are numerous ways to judge absolute return (the most significant being "does it...
The counterargument to what you're saying is if mutual funds continue to produce poor/nil/negative returns. It's all very well "trusting" your...
Indeed. If your analysis is right and you like it at $11 then you ought to like it even more at $9, and buy more. Of course, if you were wrong...
I'm pretty sure Man have some retail funds or at least vehicles that allow retail investments into hedge funds.
Not picking a fight here because I think a lot of what you've said is quite right, but that is just not true. I've met dozens of FOF managers and...
Interestingly, Quadriga's status illustrates a significant difference between US and European regulations. In Europe CTAs are considered to be...
It's not, I understand it fine. I was just trying to explain the two types of "closed".
It may sound stupid, but there is a major difference between a fund that is closed in the sense of taking no new money and one that is closed as...
The name is MAR, as I said previously. As to issue number I may look that up tomorrow. November or December 2003. You should ask more nicely :p .
I don't work there anymore. I could go over to the other side of the office and look it up but I'm off to the pub in a minute so I'm not gonna do...
Risk adjusted? The article was in MAR, can't remember which issue.
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