Not exact matches
Hedge funds and
other money managers cut their combined net long
position in the six most important futures and options contracts...
Hedge funds and
other money managers raised their net bullish
position in the six most important futures and options contracts linked to the price of crude and fuels by 45 million barrels in the week to April 20.
Hedge funds and
other money managers cut their combined net long
position in the six most important futures and options contracts linked to petroleum by six million barrels in the week to April 24.
Tesla has an insider trading policy that prohibits all of our directors, officers and employees from, among
other things, engaging in short sales,
hedging of stock ownership
positions, and transactions involving derivative securities relating to Tesla's common stock.
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Hedge funds reduce leverage and sell
other positions.»
After accounting for the use of
hedging derivatives, the FCE survey indicates that the overall net foreign currency asset
position of
other financial corporations was equivalent to 16 per cent of GDP, with a
hedging ratio of around 35 per cent for foreign currency assets and 60 per cent for foreign currency liabilities (Table 1).
Many investors use binary options as an effective technique to
hedge their
other active
positions and investments.
However, Reuters says that investors could be once again overplaying their hand, with the
positioning of
hedge funds and
other money managers looking overstretched.
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.
Finally, the financial
positions of
hedge funds and
other money managers are starting to look a bit overdone.
Because banks, mutual funds,
hedge funds, and
other institutions need to dump the huge
positions they had accumulated, some of these monster movers will plummet up to 75 % below their all - time highs before they stabilize in price.
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.
So the capital markets activity that you used to see around a lot of these
positions when they were held by trading firms, banks and
other who were going to trade the assets and cared about mark - to - market every quarter has greatly diminished — There's no
hedging.
Currency Hedges Because of the U.S. dollar's continued weakness relative to
other global currencies, we added to existing
hedge positions and initiated a
hedge for part of the Fund's euro exposure.
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.
In terms of
other recent activity out of this
hedge fund we also updated you in April that Hound Partners disclosed two
positions.
So, it will be interesting to see what Lone Pine does with their various KMI
positions in the future and whether or not
other major
hedge funds continued to hold in Q3.
This is most likely an indication that the Bot is using the
other exchanges as
hedge positions.
Stuart W seems to be seeking to analyse the LDs
position, starting from the assumption that a centrist philosophy must just be an extremely
hedged version of one extreme or the
other.
Not mentioned was the fact that Miranda, the longtime political consultant for Klein and
other politicians involved in the press event, was also working for William Ackman, an activist investor whose
hedge fund, Pershing Square Capital Management, has «shorted» Herbalife stock — a
position that will reap significant rewards if its value plunges.
The Senate's statement Tuesday
hedged its push for the moratorium as action lawmakers will take «unless the Board of Regents acts to alleviate the concerns of parents, teachers and
other educators» — a phrase that's different from the Assembly's otherwise nearly identical
position.
While the premium collection trades are managed separately from the equity and
hedge positions, it is important to remember that the DRS is designed so that the three elements complement each
other: The equity
position is meant to participate in up markets; the
hedge position protects in down markets; and the premium collection trades tend to do well in flat markets.
The foregoing
position limits shall not apply to (1) bona fide
hedge positions meeting the requirements of Regulation 1.3 (z)(1) of the CFTC and the rules of the Exchange, (2)
other positions exempted pursuant to Rule 559.
On the
other hand, the VIX under - reacted to the fall yesterday, indicating that not enough player reached for puts to
hedge their
positions.
I've had discussions like this with a few
others, and if they have a taxable account, and want to
hedge their
positions, I've been toying with an idea, and I'd like to bounce it off you.
It is important to remember that the long exposure to the ETFs is only one part of the overall DRS.. The buy - and - hold
position in the ETFs is, quite frankly, the «boring» part of the DRS.. The
other portions of the strategy are the
hedge and the premium collection trades.
A number of
other hedge fund managers — including D.E. Shaw, Jim Simons, and Israel Englander — have been building
positions in the company as well.
Some managers invest the proceeds from their short
positions in low - risk assets, while
others dedicate a portion to long stock
positions in order to
hedge against broad market rallies.
To the extent that market makers hold
positions in NextShares overnight, they can aggregate fund holdings with
other risk
positions and transact at or near the market close to buy or sell offsetting macro
hedges.
That in turn allows it to borrow very cheaply (average interest rate 3.6 %), which, along with its massive cash
position, allows it to not only continue growing the dividend, but also invest in future growth by acquiring new asset managers in
other countries and industries (such as K2 Securities to get into
hedge funds).
There are
other options for investors who hold individual equity
positions and
hedge.
The foregoing
position limits shall not apply to (1) bona fide
hedge positions meeting the requirements of Regulation 1.3 (z)(1) of the CFTC and the rules of the Exchange, (2)
other positions exempted pursuant to Rule 559, and (3) cash - substitute
positions described in Rule 35106.
That still holds us to a defensive
position, but allows us to make modest changes in our
hedges (shifting index put option strikes, for example) in a way that maintains a strong defense but reduces our vulnerability to blazing short - squeezes and
other bursts of «risk - on» enthusiasm.
Index shorts can also
hedge long
positions in utilities or
other long strategies we discussed earlier.
In addition, we've got enough deterioration in market action already to warrant a small
position (less than 2 % of the Strategic Growth Fund) in «contingent» put options capable of
hedging the
other half of the portfolio in the event of a substantial market decline.
Bona fide
hedging transactions as defined by Commodity Futures Trading Commission Regulation 1.3 (z)(1); provided however, that
positions established for purposes of
hedging cash commodity index exposure, commodity swaps exposure or any
other exposure not involving the production, merchandising or processing of the underlying cash commodity are not allowed to exceed the Spot Month limit.
There, a group of seven or so people — always including Messrs. Tropin and Pertusi — discusses all aspects of risk: market risks, risks in individual traders» portfolios and how they have changed since the day before, risks to the way the firm is investing its cash, counterparty risk — or risk that the firm on another side of a trade will fail, even evaluations of whether traders» are in
positions that are «crowded» with
other hedge funds.
Market makers may or may not
hedge client
positions with
other counterparties or in the underlying market (see «Questions to ask the CFD provider» for more about «
hedging»).
Others use ETFs as tactical vehicles to add to or
hedge various risk
positions.
The company suggests that investors could use its lending capacity to «
hedge total portfolio risk or take speculative short
positions,» but it also envisions
other use cases for the service.