Sentences with phrase «long as a hedge»

As long as the hedge fund traders and fast - money boys believe the Fed can keep everything pegged, we may limp along.

The reason this happens is that as long as a hedge fund keeps up with its competitors it will generally be able to hold onto its existing clients and keep growing.

Not exact matches

John Khoury, founder and managing partner of the $ 2.7 billion Long Pond Capital hedge fund, revealed a long position in U.S. homebuilder D.R. Horton Inc, which he said should rise as more millennials age into the first - time home buyer marLong Pond Capital hedge fund, revealed a long position in U.S. homebuilder D.R. Horton Inc, which he said should rise as more millennials age into the first - time home buyer marlong position in U.S. homebuilder D.R. Horton Inc, which he said should rise as more millennials age into the first - time home buyer market.

That helps take care of a long - standing problem, and the only way it could be managed was if we hedged the currency as a global company.

Also but separately the current sharemarket acts as a casino and has lost its original form due to major hedge and other funds looking for short term returns in a long term business and also over influencing CEOs and Boards..

Like so many frauds, Sam Israel's big con — a decade - long deception that cost investors millions and ended with the hedge funder on the lam as one of America's Most Wanted — began with a small act of self - delusion.

Because rental rates tend to correspond to inflation over the long term, some investors regard REITs as a hedge against inflation.

This can set you up also for more long term reputation rehabilitation by forcing a focus on Turing as a research and development company — not a pharma hedge fund hybrid.»

Just as important, it was also a hedge that minimized risk and took the pressure off to make long - term decisions based on short - term considerations.

As general counsel for the hedge fund Long - Term Capital Management (LTCM), he had a front row seat as dozens of Wall Street institutions worked to bailout the firm with a $ 3.6 billion recapitalizatioAs general counsel for the hedge fund Long - Term Capital Management (LTCM), he had a front row seat as dozens of Wall Street institutions worked to bailout the firm with a $ 3.6 billion recapitalizatioas dozens of Wall Street institutions worked to bailout the firm with a $ 3.6 billion recapitalization.

It's just further proof that many investors don't mind losing a steady trickle of money paying for hedges, so long as they're protected to the downside, should anything shock the market.

Camber Capital Management, a hedge fund with an activist history, has purchased 5.7 million shares of Tenet Healthcare Corp., or a 5.7 % stake in the money - losing hospital chain.The emergence of Camber was disclosed Monday, just three days after Tenet's largest shareholder, Glenview Capital Management, resigned two Tenet board seats, citing irreconcilable differences with management and the board.Glenview Capital, which owns an 18 % stake in Tenet, gave notice Friday that it would no longer participate in a stand - still agreement that had prevented it from launching a proxy fight for control of the company.Tenet investors welcomed the Camber disclosure Monday, driving up Tenet's stock price to $ 2.18, or 15 %, to $ 16.63 as of 12:30 p.m. ET.Tenet is the nation's third - largest investor - owned

Reuters reports that most gains in 2017 were from investing long, but other crypto hedge funds — such as Bitspread, and Pantera Capital — were able to protect themselves during the bitcoin downturn and even see gains incorporating a multitude of strategies.

As a long - time advocate of passive investing in low - fee index funds (in fact, he's on his way to win a million - dollar bet on an index fund), Buffett also has some strong opinions on the value of high - fee investment structures like hedge funds and mutual funds.

The firm specializes in strategies such as credit hedge funds, long only funds and separate account, distressed - for - control private equity, collateralized loan obligations, mutual funds, closed - end funds, ETFs and non-traded products.

reports that most gains in 2017 were from investing long, but other crypto hedge funds — such as Bitspread, and Pantera Capital — were able to protect themselves during the bitcoin downturn and even see gains incorporating a multitude of strategies.

Highland specializes in credit strategies, such as credit hedge funds, long only funds and separate accounts, distressed and special situation private equity, and collateralized loan obligations (CLOs).

It is designed as a long / short hedge fund substitute with a fee structure of a flat 1 percent.

This discussion also does not consider any specific facts or circumstances that may be relevant to holders subject to special rules under the U.S. federal income tax laws, including, without limitation, certain former citizens or long - term residents of the United States, partnerships or other pass - through entities, real estate investment trusts, regulated investment companies, «controlled foreign corporations,» «passive foreign investment companies,» corporations that accumulate earnings to avoid U.S. federal income tax, banks, financial institutions, investment funds, insurance companies, brokers, dealers or traders in securities, commodities or currencies, tax - exempt organizations, tax - qualified retirement plans, persons subject to the alternative minimum tax, persons that own, or have owned, actually or constructively, more than 5 % of our common stock and persons holding our common stock as part of a hedging or conversion transaction or straddle, or a constructive sale, or other risk reduction strategy.

Far from being perma - bearish, our present methods of classifying market return / risk profiles encourage a leveraged long position about 52 % of the time in market cycles across history, encouraging a partially - hedged stance about 12 % of the time, fully - hedged about 31 % of the time, and hard - defensive as we are today about 5 % of the time.

Moreover, the fact that they can hedge or immediately sell their shares and avoid exposure to the longer - term effects of that vote makes it difficult to regard them as proprietors of the company in any customary sense.

The company specializes in credit strategies, such as credit hedge funds, long only funds and separate accounts, distressed and special situation private equity, and CLOs.

The decades - long conflict that is currently raging over short - termism and activist hedge funds strikes me as analogous to the Thirty Years» War of the 17th Century, albeit fought with statistics («empirical evidence»), op - eds and journal articles rather than cannon, pike and sword.

We have benefited from this year's rally in stocks and bonds (our Multi Asset Risk Strategy ETF Model Portfolio has a Sharpe ratio of over 3 this year — and that's with no leverage), but we are managing our risk by incorporating asset classes such as gold through the iShares Gold Trust (IAU); liquid alternatives through the IQ Hedge Multi-Strategy Tracker ETF (QAI), long - dated Treasuries through the iShares 20 + Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT)-- each of which diversify our portfolio risk and carry well within an ETF portfolio construct.

For investors seeking long - term total returns, primarily in the U.S. Treasury market, with added emphasis on the protection of purchasing power through inflation hedges such as precious metals shares and other bond - market alternatives.

One can find attractive investment opportunities even in negative Market Climates, as long as the market risk can be hedged away.

Aside from acceptable «basis» risk between the stocks we hold long and the indices we use to hedge, and perhaps 1 % of assets in option time - premium at any given time as a result of staggering our strikes to provide a stronger defense, we don't consider various speculative bubbles as threats to our own returns.

We continue to find many risks that appear well worth taking, as long as we can hedge away those risks that are not.

When we are fully hedged, as we are at present (and provided that our long - put / short - call option combinations have identical strike - prices and expirations), the source of our returns is the performance of our favored stocks relative to the indices which we use to hedge.

Blake counsels asset managers and broker - dealers on all aspects of the development and distribution of alternative investment products, including registered investment companies, business development companies, and other permanent or long - term capital structures, as well as hedge funds and private equity funds.

As mentioned earlier one potential strategy for hedging equity positions would be to short the overall equity market when an index such as the S&P 500 drops below a long - term moving averagAs mentioned earlier one potential strategy for hedging equity positions would be to short the overall equity market when an index such as the S&P 500 drops below a long - term moving averagas the S&P 500 drops below a long - term moving average.

«As the market climbs to new highs, investors are paying more attention to the short side of their books and making sure they have sufficient hedging positions of either ETFs or beta stocks to recoup long - side losses if the market drops,» Dusaniwsky says.

They originated in agriculture as a way of hedging against falling prices and other uncertainties, but now they can be bought and sold for virtually any asset out there (as long as there are people willing to buy and sell them).

There are obviously some investors using them for long - term investing purposes but these funds are also frequently used by hedge funds, traders, and performance chasers alike as hedging vehicles, short - term market exposure trades, and speculation plays.

As the bailout package came through, the probability of a default decreased and therefore those who were long gold as a hedge against a crisis began to unwind their positionAs the bailout package came through, the probability of a default decreased and therefore those who were long gold as a hedge against a crisis began to unwind their positionas a hedge against a crisis began to unwind their positions.

A combination of market positioning, such as record net - long euro futures positioning, rising U.S. interest rates, and diverging economic performances (such as data surprising indexes), seems to have encouraged the dollar's recent advance, helping our hedged positions.

While I don't see much value in long - dated bonds, in recent weeks they have reasserted their historic role as an equity hedge.

Another way to use LEAP options is as a long - term hedge.

Many brokers offer long sales only as few hedging solutions are available for short trades.

As mentioned earlier, if you want to hedge a few long positions — especially in a turbulent market — going short against the same security could be a good move to mitigate your risk.

Sandler's hedge fund started new longs in: AON Coca Cola Enterprises Raytheon Monsanto TD Ameritrade Research in Motion Avon Products Dollar Tree Stores American Eagle Outfitters Beckman Coulter They also added to existing long positions in: JPMorgan Chase Google Charles Schwab Fidelity National Information Services They reduced their position size in: Reed Elsevier CSX Ross Stores Carnival Abbott Labs Hasbro Nintendo And lastly, they sold completely out of: Nestle General Mills Northrup Grumman Eminence was up 1.7 % gross for the first quarter as noted in our hedge fund performances update.

The Long Term Equities group focused on investments, both public and private, with steady cash flow and growth potential that can hold their value and act as a hedge against inflation.

This is interesting because it's different than what we've seen from the majority of hedgies who as of late are only 25 % net long, well below the historical average as hedge funds have been selling equities.

But even more importantly, aside from being a long - term store of value, gold is a hedge — a form of money that acts as an insurance policy against a dangerously overleveraged financial system.

Swapnotes are used as a mechanism for hedging longer - dated non-government yields.

Among the alternative investment strategies, private capital strategies with typically longer - holding periods (such as buyouts and private infrastructure) may hold an advantage over hedge funds or those private capital strategies with typically shorter - holding periods (such as distressed debt and direct lending).

«Each period, whether a day, a month, a year or longer, represents an infinite number of possible learning opportunities, revealing more and more about correlations, hedging, law, regulation, culture, sizing positions, trading versus holding, activism, bankruptcy law and practice, government action and political impacts on investing, organizational realities and growth, as well as the kind of personal characteristics that are required to do this job well.»

As a result, many formerly effective risk hedges no longer work in an environment where valuations are decidedly late cycle.

Gold as a Hedge and Safe Haven Across Time and Investment Horizon», Don Bredin, Thomas Conlon and Valerio Potì examine the hedging, safe - haven and downside risk reduction properties of gold relative to stocks and bonds in four major markets and across short and long investment horizons.

«As inflationary pressures develop in coming months, emerging market hedge funds represent an ideal investment vehicle to access such opportunities with these likely to attract high quality, long - term institutional investors.»