Hedge Funds
The latest hedge funds news to help advisors understand how these alternative investments can help boost portfolio returns and reduce risk.
Lipper Data Show Most Funds Struggled in Q2, Though Some Shine
By Janet LevauxSecond-quarter results for the major U.S. stock indexes varied between a 5.84% loss for the Amex and 13.13% loss for NYSE.
June 10, 2010
NFP To Issue NotesNational Financial Partners Corp. (NYSE:NFP), a financial services distributor, is raising $125 million by selling notes to institutional investors.
June 01, 2010
Soapbox: The Seed Investors' Hedge Fund OpportunityWhile the credit crisis has wreaked havoc on the financial industry, it has also opened up new opportunities. With hedge funds in a state of...
June 01, 2010
Clark at Large: Investing Like the Big BoysI don't know if he still does this, but years ago, my old boss Don Phillips (now president of research and communications at Morningstar, Inc.)...
May 20, 2010
Public Disdain for Private GainThere's no reward without risk; winners without losers. As we noted weeks back, hedge fund manager John Paulson is getting hammered for his Goldman Sachs...
May 18, 2010
Tighter Rules for Foreign Hedge Funds Advance in EuropeBy James Kanter (C) The New York Times 2010 BRUSSELS -- European Union finance ministers approved a draft law on Tuesday, May 18, that would make it...
May 12, 2010
Crazy FederalesI read yesterday that the some of our august federal lawmakers may launch an investigation as to why the market took a tumultuous drop on Thursday last and then added more insult the following day.