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By Ginger Szala |
May 24, 2013
A funny thing happened while the financial world was falling apart in 2008 and 2009: Commodity trading advisors performed, and performed well.
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By Ginger Szala |
May 24, 2013
June Editor's Note from Ginger Szala.
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By Keith H. Black |
May 24, 2013
When diversification was thought dead during the 2008-2009 market meltdown, managed futures proved their mettle, and institutional investors took notice.
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By Daniel P. Collins |
May 24, 2013
Scott Shellady is a second-generation trader who has worked in all aspects of the futures business on two continents for 25 years.
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By Jesse Westbrook, Bloomberg |
May 22, 2013
Hedge funds’ returns have stayed “lackluster” this year, with the $2.3 trillion industry trailing the gains of the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index by about 10 percentage points, according to Goldman Sachs Group Inc.
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By Debarati Roy, Bloomberg |
May 16, 2013
Billionaire investor George Soros joined Northern Trust Corp. and BlackRock Inc. in cutting holdings of exchange-traded products backed by gold before a bear market in prices last month.
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By Gary Kamen |
May 14, 2013
Last week’s WASDE showed live cattle as short-term bearish, but longer-term bullish. And what do you know, look what “big money” is now doing in Live Cattle.
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By Elizabeth Campbell, Bloomberg |
May 13, 2013
Hedge funds increased bets on lower gold prices after investors pulled a record $20.8 billion from bullion funds this year while BlackRock Inc., the world’s biggest money manager, said it’s still bullish.
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By Debarati Roy, Bloomberg |
May 6, 2013
Hedge funds increased positions on a gold rally by the most in three weeks as central banks signaled no end to economic stimulus, driving prices higher just as analysts and traders turned the most bearish in three years.
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By Tony C. Dreibus, Bloomberg |
April 29, 2013
Hedge funds accumulated their second-biggest position against gold on record just as prices rallied the most in 15 months on surging demand for coins and jewelry and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. ended a recommendation to sell.
