Derivatives & Trading

Magazine articles on active trading strategies, hedge funds, futures, options, and other derivatives.

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The Motley Fool September 18, 2007 Tim Beyers	No Wonder You're Losing to the Market A new study finds that traders who embraced their emotions were more efficient with their decisions, more creative in their trading, and more engaged. But are they more profitable?
BusinessWeek September 24, 2007 Matthew Goldstein	Did Bear Stearns Soft-Pedal The Risks? Investors claim they were misled by Bear Stearns hedge funds' sales managers' assurances.
Financial Advisor September 2007 Evan Simonoff	Editor's Note The subprime fiasco may turn out to be a small footnote in which asset-rich hedge funds, in their quest for outsized returns, allowed lower- and middle-income folks with poor credit to spend a few years in houses that were beyond their means. Or, is it the beginning of the Big One?
Financial Advisor September 2007 Caren Chesler	Unstructured Debate Structured notes offer a way for individual investors to diversify their portfolios away from traditional stocks and bonds and invest in more novel asset classes, like commodities, international equities and real estate. Here are the pros and cons.
BusinessWeek September 17, 2007 Matthew Goldstein	Swiftest Scavenger On The Block There's plenty of carnage on Wall Street these days, and Chicago's Citadel Investment Group has been one of the biggest scavengers.
Finance & Development September 1, 2007 Simon Johnson	The Rise of Sovereign Wealth Funds Sovereign wealth funds are major state-owned players of the 21st century. So, what happens when the 21st-century state meets the 19th-century private sector? The outcome remains to be seen.
Investment Advisor September 2007 Michael S. Fischer	Getting In How to gain access to private equity, managed futures, and hedge funds.
Investment Advisor September 2007 Melanie Waddell	Hedge Funds Continue to Deregister During the past year, 732 hedge fund advisors have deregistered, according to the Investment Adviser Association and National Regulatory Services seventh annual report, Evolution/Revolution, which profiles the advisor profession.
Investment Advisor September 2007 Jeff Joseph	Sub-Prime Returns Squeezed between a credit panic and intense volatility in stock prices, some of the most highly regarded hedge fund managers have spilled huge amounts of red ink in the past few weeks.
U.S. Banker September 2007 Lee Conrad	Oversight: Hedge Fund Transparency At Issue...Again The Securities & Exchange Commission is attempting to shine a spotlight on the most opaque of investments-hedge funds-by creating a working group in its enforcement division to combat insider trading.
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