As calm markets pushed volatility to record lows, some strategies increasingly accepted bets against calm markets in order to
fund equity positions.
Not exact matches
Because hedge
funds are not required to report their bond holdings to the SEC (although they do have to report
equity positions), we don't know exactly who owns how much of which Puerto Rico bonds.
While he's long on most of the
equity in the
fund, he'll take a short
position on sectors or securities that seem overvalued.
These include currency - hedged ETFs, triple - levered ETFs based on commodities, unconstrained bond
funds with short
positions betting against U.S. Treasurys, private
equity funds, emerging market debt instruments, historically less - liquid bank loan
funds, and all manner of actively managed strategies packaged in supposedly easy to buy and sell wrappers.
Subramanian's team aggregated all the
positions from U.S. large - cap
equity mutual
funds, using FactSet institutional ownership data.
A strong
equity position supports the notion that the owner is likely to protect the investment and repay borrowed
funds.
Meantime, firms that track the
positioning of hedge
funds are reporting that
equity funds have halved their percentage exposure to stocks since the start of the year.
In my opinion, the Intel complaint does not do a very good job in linking the asserted underperformance of the plan's target date portfolios (TDPs) to specific hedge
fund and private
equity positions taken by the plan.
When employing the long - short
equity strategy, hedge
fund managers take a long
position in a stock they think will outperform, while shorting stock3 that they believe will underperform.
As with many long / short
equity funds, Tiger Veda was faced with steadily rising
equity markets since the financial crisis, which resulted in an increasing bias towards long
positions.
Star Mountain is a specialized asset management firm focused exclusively on the U.S. lower middle - market by investing debt and
equity directly into established operating companies, making strategic investments into
fund managers and purchasing secondary
fund positions.
The
fund can also take a
position in 0 - 3 month T - bills should the 5 - year note become too volatile, too correlated with
equity, or too low - yielding (such as in a flat or inverted yield curve).
Transaction Activity During the quarter, the
Fund initiated two new
equity positions while eliminating three.
In this book on smart investing, former president of Charles Schwab & Co Timothy McCarthy quotes our chief investment officer Sean Stannard - Stockton on the benefits of focusing an
equity portfolio on 20 - 30
positions rather than owning the 100 +
positions that is common in most mutual
funds.
The
Fund pursues its investment objective by taking long and short
positions in
equity securities.
Note: NetFreeEquity = Total
Equity (AUM) minus collateral which can not be used to
fund positions i.e. some assets such as stocks and bonds do not offer their full value to be used as collateral for covering margin products.
Prior to joining SKAGEN he was based in Shanghai, as Head of China Special Mandate, at Norges Bank Investment Management (the oil -
fund), where he also previously held
positions as a portfolio manager and a generalist global
equity research analyst.
The observed cash outflow indicates that average mutual
fund investors have gradually cut back their
equity positions since the beginning of last year.
Gross exposure is calculated by adding the percentage of the
Fund's
equity invested in short sales to the percentage of its
equity used for long
positions.
Net exposure takes into account the benefits of offsetting long and short
positions and is calculated by subtracting the percentage of the
Fund's
equity capital invested in short sales from the percentage of its
equity capital used for long
positions.
They must deploy 100 % of any
funds they receive into
equities, and they must buy and sell shares so as to establish
positions that are in exact relative proportion to the supply outstanding.
«There is a backlog of investment opportunities, both from private
equity firms looking to exit their
positions and from local corporates that are looking for strategic partners to grow their core competencies and
fund their regional expansion plans,» Beyhum says.
Cargill has «taken an
equity position in Memphis Meats» first series of
funding,» Sonya Roberts, the president of growth ventures at Cargill Protein, said in an email, without disclosing the investment amount.
We are guessing that other courts that receive petitions asking for restoration of
funds will attempt a similar approach and will seek to defend
positions staked out on grounds of
equity or adequacy, but will avoid picking fresh fights with governors and legislatures if they can.
The students had studied the Governor's May Revision, clearly understood CCSA's
position, and were prepared to advocate for charter
funding equity.
However, the
fund's large
equity stake adds risk to the portfolio, which, with large
positions in high - yield (20 %) and non-U.S. dollar denominated bonds (30 %), is already one of the multisector category's most volatile.»
The
fund had major equivalent positions in the Schwab International Small - Cap Equity ETF (SCHC), WisdomTree International SmallCap Dividend Fund (DLS), First Trust Dow Jones Global Select Dividend Index Fund (FGD), iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF (EWU), PowerShares DWA Industrials Momentum Portfolio (PRN), and Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF (V
fund had major equivalent
positions in the Schwab International Small - Cap
Equity ETF (SCHC), WisdomTree International SmallCap Dividend
Fund (DLS), First Trust Dow Jones Global Select Dividend Index Fund (FGD), iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF (EWU), PowerShares DWA Industrials Momentum Portfolio (PRN), and Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF (V
Fund (DLS), First Trust Dow Jones Global Select Dividend Index
Fund (FGD), iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF (EWU), PowerShares DWA Industrials Momentum Portfolio (PRN), and Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF (V
Fund (FGD), iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF (EWU), PowerShares DWA Industrials Momentum Portfolio (PRN), and Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF (VGK).
According to the Alpholio ™ analysis, at the end of March 2013, the
fund's equivalent
positions in
equity exchange - traded products (ETPs) totaled over 40 % (in part, this reflects the fact that the
fund can invest in convertibles and foreign debt):
Performance of the
funds could be particularly poor if foreign currencies appreciate at the same time that the value of the
equity positions fall.
In this book on smart investing, former president of Charles Schwab & Co Timothy McCarthy quotes our chief investment officer Sean Stannard - Stockton on the benefits of focusing an
equity portfolio on 20 - 30
positions rather than owning the 100 +
positions that is common in most mutual
funds.
Also, BlackRock's proprietary market
positioning gauge — which includes
fund flow data and measures of price momentum — shows
positioning in the U.S. credit market at relatively hot levels, versus a more neutral stance in U.S.
equities compared with recent history.
The
funds do not attempt to mitigate other factors which may have a greater influence on the
equity positions than currency rate risk.
The
fund had major equivalent positions in the PowerShares DWA Industrials Momentum Portfolio (PRN), iShares MSCI Italy Capped ETF (EWI), and WisdomTree Europe Hedged Equity Fund (HEDJ), as well as the aforementioned DFE, UUP and
fund had major equivalent
positions in the PowerShares DWA Industrials Momentum Portfolio (PRN), iShares MSCI Italy Capped ETF (EWI), and WisdomTree Europe Hedged
Equity Fund (HEDJ), as well as the aforementioned DFE, UUP and
Fund (HEDJ), as well as the aforementioned DFE, UUP and DFJ.
Long / short
equity funds take a hedged net long
position on stocks, which reduces volatility.
An article in The New York Times describes a recent build - up of cash
positions in
equity mutual
funds:
With that diminished reward - to - risk ratio, the
fund should sell these
equity holdings and increase its cash
position even further.
It will take short
positions primarily in domestic
equity securities of companies (i) listed on the S&P 500 Total Return ® Index (the «S&P 500») or (ii) that have market capitalization above $ 4 billion at the time the
fund takes the short
position.
The argument of a full - or over-valuation of stocks backfires when applied to the existing
equity holdings of a
fund: If at present the manager does not want to use the surplus cash to add to these
positions, this implies that they have a limited appreciation potential, are fully valued or even over-valued.
The
fund had top equivalent equity positions in the iShares MSCI Japan ETF (EWJ; average weight of 38.6 %), iShares Japan Large - Cap ETF (ITF; 14.2 %), iShares MSCI Japan Small - Cap ETF (SCJ; 9.7 %), SPDR ® Russell / Nomura Small Cap ™ Japan ETF (JSC; 8.6 %), and WisdomTree Japan SmallCap Dividend Fund (DFJ; 8.5
fund had top equivalent
equity positions in the iShares MSCI Japan ETF (EWJ; average weight of 38.6 %), iShares Japan Large - Cap ETF (ITF; 14.2 %), iShares MSCI Japan Small - Cap ETF (SCJ; 9.7 %), SPDR ® Russell / Nomura Small Cap ™ Japan ETF (JSC; 8.6 %), and WisdomTree Japan SmallCap Dividend
Fund (DFJ; 8.5
Fund (DFJ; 8.5 %).
The idea of moving to more conservative
equity funds in retirement is not unusual but my
position is to maintain the more diversified
equity portfolio (large, small, value, growth, REITs U.S. & international asset classes).
Over this evaluation period, the
fund had major equivalent
positions in the iShares MSCI EAFE Small - Cap ETF (SCZ), iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF (EFG), iShares International Treasury Bond ETF (IGOV), MSCI EAFE Hedged
Equity ETF (DBEF), iShares MSCI Sweden ETF (EWD), and iShares MSCI Ireland Capped ETF (EIRL).
Early in the week
equities rallied when short sellers covered their
positions, a
fund manager said, while later in the week some stocks fell as
funds sold off liquid
positions to build cash reserves.
«For example, when the
fund pays distributions it needs to sell a portion of the Canadian
equities to raise the cash, and in years when markets have positive performance those
positions will be sold at higher prices than they were acquired, and thus trigger capital gains.
The broker then requires you to
fund your account with additional cash to reach the required
equity position.
If you insist on panicking, start with registered accounts and securities that will include multiple
positions, like the ETF above or a global
equity mutual
fund.
Besides, if you like the idea of being 50 % in
equities and 50 % in cash / bonds (the classic balanced or pension
fund, always a prudent course) AND half your money is registered and the other half non-registered, then you could achieve that by selling only registered
equity positions while leaving your non-registered
positions intact.
Finally, the equivalent
position in the Vanguard Financials ETF (VFH; 4.0 %) indicates the
fund's past propensity to invest in
equities of financial companies.
Because of the incredible shrinkage experienced by our
equity positions (in domestic and foreign stock
funds and ETFs), our asset allocation is now significantly altered and looks quite different from how we had it just a few short months ago.
Previously he held a
position as portfolio manager at Danske Capital for the Danske Invest Latin American
Equities fund.
«In our current economy, it's probable that within two years, you should be in
position to have 20 %
equity,» says Frank Fuentes, vice president of multicultural lending for New American
Funding.