2010
Hedge fund top ten?
Filed Under (Hedge Funds) by Admin on 04-08-2010
Hedge Fund began five years ago today. It’s been great meeting and dialoging with many interesting people I might never have connected with. Initially I posted daily but outside the blogosphere I was helping investors make money and reduce risk. Developing pension liability solutions and portfolio rescue strategies also takes time. Despite vastly superior performance, hedge funds continue to be misunderstood. Equity benchmarks might eventually go up (or down) but why wait to find out? The five years were good for alpha but bad for beta.
Could individual and institutional investors afford ANOTHER severe bear market or credit cataclysm? Some bet on risky beta - the unskilled returns from asset classes. I prefer alpha - absolute returns from market skill. There is no need for retirement savings and personal net worth to suffer the unreliability and volatility of long only stocks and bonds. Better alternatives and uses of capital are available. The only financial certainty in the future is a substantial increase in investment in hedge funds. Don’t let the beta behemoths crush your portfolio, again.
Aug 04, 2010: Identity Theft is a serious crime which is growing by leaps and bounds. In this electronic world where millions of e-transactions take place in the world of finance every day, identity theft has become a lucrative profession for phishers.
Aug 02, 2010: We received a letter in the mail which had a check and a notification. It said that we’d won a foreign lottery! So far so good, after all who does not like free money especially lotteries. The next step was to deposit the check but there was a catch which raised our suspicion. We’re told to keep the portion representing our winning and wire transfer $3000 back to cover the taxes so that we could collect the rest of our winnings! 
Investing is a great way to become familiar with the financial markets. By starting up an investment account, you will begin to understand how the global markets work. The more you understand the greater the probability that you will earn money instead of losing it. Investing is not a sure bet, so if you think that it is an automatic 10% return you are a bit mistaken. There are times when markets do rise; sometimes even more than 10% a year depending on the time frame you are looking at. 
When first starting out, deposit the minimum required by your broker so that you will not be tempted to invest all your money into stocks. Starting out small and adding more money over time as you feel more comfortable is the best approach to investing. I recommend starting out by buying mutual funds that are offered by your broker. This type of investment is perfect for those who have just opened up a new account. It allows you to buy into a basket of stocks that have a professional money manager monitoring them. You will still have to do some research and learn what companies comprise the various funds available. From the research you can learn about the various market sectors and industries that make up the markets. The breakdown of what companies are in what market sectors will help you understand who the main competitors to the business are. You can then choose funds that have the companies that you believe are the best in their sector. 
Jul 28, 2010: It’s that time of the year when we are needed to renew our cars’ registrations and our driving licenses. We were trying to figure out how to go about doing the tasks online. At DMV’s website we found that the rules vary from state to state. So we had to dig on a little further.
Jul 19, 2010: We have all heard the saying “Tiny drops of water make an ocean”. Over years, life has taught us that tiny savings can go a long way in making us wealthy. Many of our friends say that small daily expenses do not matter as long as we are earning a lot of money.