Sentences with phrase «hedge positions on»

Because we continue to believe that some global currencies are over-valued, we maintained hedge positions on five currency exposures.

At current U.S. dollar valuations we still maintain hedge positions on three of the Fund's currency exposures.

Because we continue to believe that some global currencies are overvalued, we maintained hedge positions on four currency exposures.

We continue to hedge the portfolio defensively and currently have hedging positions on a portion of the Fund's Australian dollar, Japanese yen, Swiss franc and Swedish krona exposures.

MacDonald realizes the muted force of her argument, as she hedges her position on the final page.

The trader might hedge this position on a daily basis, which in a near - zero interest rate environment for an overnight rate, could mean nearly a 4 % return over time.

On sufficient improvement in market internals, we would be inclined to establish call option positions that would gradually take us to a significantly less hedged position on persistent market strength, but we do not expect to eliminate our put option defenses until the combination of valuations and market action becomes clearly favorable, or until it is reasonable to expect a sustained economic recovery within a quarter or two.

This is because one of the main advantages of strategic settlement offers is to put pressure on the opponent on costs and to hedge your position on costs if the offer is refused.

Assisted the traders to develop hedged positions on their cargo inventories via oil derivatives

Not exact matches

Meanwhile, hedge funds and money managers raised their net long position in COMEX gold contracts in the week to Jan. 30 to their highest level since late - September, U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) data showed on Friday.

The only female hedge fund manager to present at the Sohn Conference, Debra Fine suggested Canada - based content producer DHX Media (dhxm) was better positioned than Netflix to capitalize on television programing for kids, including its plans to bring back the 1990s hit, The Teletubbies.

Icahn also told CNBC on Thursday that he has made $ 1 billion on paper on his long bet on Herbalife, a company that fellow hedge fund billionaire Bill Ackman bet against and recently closed his disastrous position entirely.

Hedge funds and money managers raised their net long position in COMEX gold for the second straight week in the week to March 28, and boosted it slightly in silver, Commodity Futures Trading Commission data showed on Friday.

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.

Short - seller Jim Chanos announced on CNBC on Wednesday a new short position in liquefied natural gas player Cheniere Energy, a company in which billionaire hedge fund manager Carl Icahn has recently taken a sizable long position.

«Net short positions on 10 - year Treasury notes are at historical highs, implying that rising US bond yields remains among hedge funds» major convictions.»

It's the largest hedge ETF, with $ 1.1 billion in assets; it melds numerous strategies that include taking both long and short positions on U.S. stocks and bonds and emerging markets.

Some hedge funds had shortened their positions on the Swiss franc for the past few weeks to invest in European assets.

[T] he dramatic increase in leveraged bond positions by both US hedge funds and mundane money managers set in motion self - reinforcing liquidations once uncertainty over emerging markets including Turkey, Venezuela, Mexico, and Malaysia - all of which experienced sharp capital flow volatility - put pressure on speculative positions.

U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission data on Friday showed that hedge funds and money managers raised their net long positions in COMEX gold in the week to Jan. 2.

Charney also lashed out at Standard General, the hedge fund that loaned him the capital to boost his stake in American Apparel from 27 percent to 43 percent on the promise (Charney claims) that they would help him reclaim a leadership position within the company.

Hedge - fund manager Doug Kass has taken a short position on the fast - growing online retailer, saying government antitrust concerns will erode its value.

* COPPER: Hedge funds and money managers raised a net long position in copper futures and options in the week to April 24, U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commision data showed on Friday.

Hedge funds» net long position on Brent hit an all - time high of more than 584,000 contracts recently, according to ICE Futures Europe and reported by Bloomberg.

Bill Ackman said his Pershing Square Capital Management hedge fund has taken a position in sportswear maker Nike and has no plans to push for change at the company, Reuters reported on Jan. 25.

GDX is quite popular with investors, with hedge funds using it to take positions on gold miners and individual investors using it as an alternative to investing in physical gold.

Dan Morehead an early cryptocurrency adapter and CEO of the hedge fund Pantera Capital said in an interview on Bloomberg yesterday that the funds biggest present position is in the Korean blockchain Icon.

In the base metals complex, only nickel and tin traded higher for the quarter.4 A slow start to Chinese restocking coming out of the Chinese New Year holiday weighed on prices for copper and aluminum, both of which saw their worst quarterly results in years, while zinc and lead prices also declined.4 The London Metal Exchange (LME) Index, which tracks the three - month futures prices of all six metals, fell 6.3 %.4 LME copper -LRB--7.4 %, to US$ 6,714 per mt) and other industrial metals erased some of their 2017 gains, falling alongside a sharply decelerating expansion in China's manufacturing activity — sparking demand concerns and greater caution among hedge funds and other speculators who cut their net long positions in the metal.4 Outside the LME, US steel was buoyed by trade policy changes.

«The SEC alleges that one of the world's largest hedge funds, Paulson & Co., paid Goldman Sachs to structure a transaction in which Paulson & Co. could take short positions against mortgage securities chosen by Paulson & Co. based on a belief that the securities would experience credit events.»

The delta cross hedge is similar to the cross hedge in that it involves the taking of a position on a specific commodity with equal price movements.

In the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, which knocked off more than 20 percent of U.S. refinery capacity in the peak of refinery shutdowns, hedge funds are betting on a rise in fuel prices and have boosted their net long positions on U.S. gasoline and diesel to highs not seen for years.

Accordingly, the Strategic Growth Fund is now back to a fully - hedged investment stance - meaning that the Fund continues to be fully invested in a broadly diversified group of stocks that appear to have some combination of favorable valuation and favorable market action, while at the same time, the Fund carries an offsetting short position of equal size in the S&P 500 and Russell 2000 indices (using option combinations that mimic short futures contracts) intended to mute the impact of broad market fluctuations on the Fund.

The Market Climate remains on a Warning here, which holds us to a fully hedged position based on current, observable evidence.

Depending on the specific market environment, the Funds may employ hedging techniques to minimize the impact of fluctuations in the overall stock or bond markets, and may also take positions in individual securities that differ substantially from their weights in the major stock or bond market indices.

See the March 6, 2006 comment (Cost of Hedging) and the April 18, 2005 comment (How Hedging Works) for more detail on the mechanics of a hedged investment position.

The hedge fund manager also commented on his fund's largest position, General Motors, on the call:

When JPMorgan first started to talk about the botched trades — some of which are still open positions they are trying to unwind — the bank said that they had grown out of hedges aimed at protecting the bank against losses on the bank's large bond portfolio.

The benefit and cost of hedging with a «flat» short position in a given market index is straightforward: if the market declines, the short position offsets the impact of the market loss on the portfolio; if the market gains, the short position surrenders the impact of the market gain.

Swiss bank Vontobel said it will start trading Switzerland's first two mini futures to short bitcoin on Friday, giving investors a tool to bet against the value of the volatile cryptocurrency or to hedge bitcoin positions.

Flexible auto pricing and auto hedging logic based on transactions and net risk positions.

Most would hedge in New York hours regardless, but stops could be executed cross market in a pinch (i.e. buy 10 year Treasury to hedge a stop loss on a pay fixed swap position).

Whether you are looking to establish a position on a segment of the market, hedge an investment, or just implement an investing idea, ETF options can be a useful tool for experienced options investors.

Balance sheet friendly, supports long and short positions (receive vs. pay), The position can be unwound quickly on - demand Cons: swap spreads risk exposure if the investor wants to hedge instruments correlated with part of the Treasury curve.

As an example, in January 2018, hedge fund sentiment on bitcoin went bullish for the first time since the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) began publishing reports on bitcoin positions.

In our Hedge Fund Wisdom premium newsletter, we outlined the investment thesis on AIG as Berkowitz has pressed his bet there and it is by far his largest position at over 20 % of his portfolio.

We can take a more focused position on the likely path of inflation by hedging out the bond - like characteristics or by using inflation swaps directly.

While the next Commitment of Traders positioning report will be released tomorrow, the current data we have available shows that hedge funds and other speculators are extremely optimistic on precious metals, and in particular Silver.

Again, there are a variety of ways to refine this result, but note that anytime the total return on the S&P 500 is less than risk - free interest rates, a hedged investment position increases overall returns (since hedging instruments are priced to include implied interest).

For more portfolio activity out of Tom Brown's hedge fund, we recently saw they filed a Form 4 on shares of Taylor Capital Group (TAYC) and we've also covered some other position updates as well.

Societe Generale is out with the latest edition of their hedge fund watch and in it we see that they've found hedge funds to have the «shortest position ever on bonds.»