From the monthly archives:

April 2009

Hedge Fund Strategies: Managed Futures

April 7, 2009

When you think of futures, you may think of the famous Chicago Mercantile Exchange, and dozens of traders screaming out orders for commodities such as soybeans, pork bellies or grains. While these commodities are part of the futures market, today’s futures traders generally focus more on financial products such as interest rates, equity indexes, precious […]

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Distressed Securities Investing: When Bad News is Good News

April 2, 2009

Last time we looked at what distressed securities hedge fund investing was all about, and the types of securities they buy. Now we’ll examine how these investors are able to pick up bonds and other fixed-income securities at bargain prices. Bankruptcies often happen in waves. In the 1980s, the airline industry was suffering. In the […]

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