I don't care either, although that was an interesting article. Never knew Christian was a former beat cop. Learn something new everyday. Here is something I find quite odd though. On a web site that has a rather large population of automated traders, you would think funds like this one would actually be a catalyst for starting conversations on the pros and cons of automated trading and perhaps even a whisper or two on the merits or lack there of following trends. Instead we get page after page after page of posts discussing the marketing techniques of said fund. Stuff like this only proves my thesis when I joined this site in 2002, no one here really trades for a living!
I see the story as more of a business tale. Sure, marketing is tightly regulated for managed futures, hedge funds and the like. Now here is a guy who has done nearly everything (in terms of marketing) that we all thought couldn't be done. He is pretty much the only fund out there to that degree. Yu Dee Chang did some pretty heavy advertising for a while, although I think most of his clients are from the Asian community. Baha is really under the microscope now and he better deliver the goods. Everyone is watching to see how this plays out and where he goes from here.
http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&postid=991095&highlight=superfund#post991095 http://nakedshorts.typepad.com/nakedshorts/2006/03/who_needs_an_in.html Alive and kicking!
Time to bump this thread. A few months back everyone was writing off all the trend funds. A few here thought Quadriga was going to implode. Well, they have broken out to new all time highs this year and are up 32% YTD net of all fees. Of course this was all on the backs of Oil, Gold, Silver, Natural Gas, and possibly the Dow and Russell 2k. Who knows where this fund will go to if Oil hits $100 a barrel and Gold goes to 1000. I guess Christian Baja gets the last laugh this time.
Wow, I hit this thing right on the mark. Gold was around 520 when I posted this. Now, Gold is at 700 and Quadriga at fresh new all time highs.
OK, one more. This one is just too irresistible. LOL. Let's see if there were any big moves since this post back in October of 2005. Dow 10,200 to 11,600 (1400 Pts) Russell 2000 620 to 780 (160 Pts) Gold 470 to 705 (235 Pts) Silver 740 to 1450 (710 Pts) Oil 60 to 75 (15 Pts) What were you saying about big moves?
it is not only about how many big moves there were, but how many other markets produced false signals and consequently losses. the thinking: "there are two trends, trendfollowers should consequently perform" is flawed. peace
Pshaw! That's nothing. The Nasdaq is in the 6th year of a drawdown and is still less than half of where it was.