Sentences with phrase «small hedge»

Morris figured that as a shareholder voice on the board, he could help cut expenses — including the high pay — and, once it was clean enough to sell, reap a return for his own small hedge fund.

In 2011 he topped Bloomberg's league of global mid-cap hedge - fund returns, and was named the most successful small hedge - fund manager in the world.

Or consider the strategy of Sean Everett, an entrepreneur specializing in artificial intelligence who recently launched a very small hedge fund called the Base Code fund.

(Bloomberg Gadfly)-- A little more than a year ago, a relatively small hedge fund, Alder Hill, went public with its relatively big bet — reportedly half of its $ 200 million fund — against retailers and malls.

And now that our careers are going, we're looking at maxing out two traditional 401Ks and two Roth IRAs this year, and we see the Roth IRA portion as a small hedge against rising future tax rates (or what I think is a bit more likely to happen — tax brackets that don't keep pace with inflation, so keep sucking in more and more people to higher brackets).

NEW YORK (Reuters)- Just before Bill Ackman gave a presentation on Friday to defend one of his biggest investments, Valeant Pharmaceuticals, from allegations of accounting and insurance fraud, he was taunted by John Hempton, who runs a small hedge fund from Australia.

First of all, yes, I ran a small hedge fund from 2004 to 2012, which I then converted to individual managed accounts.

Or I'd be doing this, if it was an option: Credit Suisse accidentally wired $ 1.5 million to the manager of a small hedge fund, who then disappeared, apparently to Monaco.

Through a wrong number, Vennett takes the idea to a small hedge fund based out of Morgan Stanley.

2) Perhaps the Fed anticipates higher inflation in the distant future, and is purchasing a small hedge.

Even the smallest hedge funds generally require either that their client be a large company or a high net worth individual worth at least $ 1 million or making $ 200,000 a year.

Options should only be sold short when the probabilities are deeply in your favor that they will expire worthless, also a small hedge can pay for itself in the long run creating a credit spread instead of a naked option with unlimited risk exposure.

Instead, you can buy the SH as a small hedge against your long positions, so if they do fall off, at least something is buoying your portfolio by moving higher.

A small hedging position in SH, however, won't break the bank in an up market, while still providing much - needed respite in a downturn.

Prior to that I was running a small hedge fund and left that side of the business to come here and work with individual investors on Motley Fool PRO and Motley Fool Options.

Finally, during the last week of the quarter I cut back my exposure to AIG and BAC, reducing share count by 10 % and 20 % respectively, and initiated a small hedge using SPY puts.

As I wrote last time, I added a small hedge to the portfolio at the end of March using out - of - money SPY puts.

I want you to imagine for a moment that you've already achieved huge success trading for a number of years and you're now living it up in the Caribbean, sipping one of those cliché island cocktails (you know the ones with the little umbrellas)... you've worked your butt off for the last 5 years and you're now managing a small hedge fund worth $ 10,000,000.

I recommend that everyone have a small investment in precious metals such as gold just as a small hedge against a doomsday type of scenario.

Hedge Fund Seeding: Seeding young / small hedge funds has always been a compelling opportunity — returns can be significantly better, and for that funding commitment the seeder usually acquires a stake in the hedge fund management company for little or no cost.

In this case, they were from a small hedge fund out of Texas who had bought these properties over time and were now simply looking to liquidate the portfolio.

I fund many TK guys that do that volume and have done it personally... A lot of my turn key guys are selling to these smaller hedges.