to invest in a hedge fund, you have to be a qualifyed investor, the rules define what such an investor is,,,,,,,same as the privite placement rule......try and get a few hundred thousand from a qualifyed investor with Zero reputation on the street....
Not Really hot air- I've been in this business for about 25 years and I know some of the top moneymaking independent traders - a number of these folks have run very large hedgefunds, perhaps bigger than the one you are affiliated with. A number of these people cashed out of their hedgefund businesses and left them to others since the headaches associated with handholding all the accredited investors was a big pain and they could make more money with less hassle without taking outside funds.
not talking about you specific....talking about the Word Hedgefund as its thrown around this site so often.... I belive you as far as ur post. Don's examples was the HEDGEFUND word thrown around again.
The fund i trade for is closed to new investors, has been for a while. The hand holding is not an issue that im familuer with....as i just started to trade with what im doing now (been trading for a while but tryed to do the scalping thing..wasnt my game. I know the RULE 501 (a) helps to weed out the potential crybabies as does the "risk" statements given by the many H.F.s to clients. All thought the H.Fs are not regulated by the SEC, they are monitoring them like crazy and trying to create more of a regulative process that they can apply to H.Fs.
Get a hold of Paul Roye's report given to Harvey Goldschmid of the SEC....says it all, even though it was sometime last year when the task was taken to the SEC.
the expanded trading rule for 4.5 entities and the Exemptions from CPO and CTA registration under "certain conditions, as well as the Patriot act along with ERISA rules, following the Offshore funds. Like the rest of the market.......IT AINT GETTING EASYER, thats for sure.
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Understandable - Bright Trading it's not a charity org. Oh, there's a better deal. You can daytrade $1M value with your own $25k using futures. All profits go to your pocket