27
Mar
2008
Posted by John as Investing & Trading, strategy and tactics
It’s basically the “old style” hedge fund strategy, and many modern day hedge funds follow the equity long short or “equity hedge” strategy. But don’t let the name fool you… even though this strategy plays both long and short sides it should not
03
Mar
2008
Posted by John as Investing & Trading, strategy and tactics
Awhile back I wrote that “The US government is becoming more wasteful, more inefficient, and more socialistic every day. It is thenature of most governments throughout history to do this…. What we must do is reframe these problems into opportunities. How? By understanding the political & economic institutions that we live in, we can utilize [...]
27
Feb
2008
Posted by John as Investing & Trading, strategy and tactics
Global macro hedge funds are responsible for producing some of the more well known billionaire hedge fund managers, such as George Soros. It is also my favorite strategy, as the ideas behind it can be easily applied by individual investors. The strategy is very broad and makes use of virtually any security in [...]