The global financial crisis continues to make front page news as governments around the world continue to announce stimulus packages and companies continue to retrench workers and show large losses or declines in profit results. During the first week of March in the USA the largest ever quarterly loss was announced by AIG at almost …
Daily Archive: March 10, 2009
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Mar 10
Hedge Funds…struggling
Back on January 20 in this blog I predicted that one of the trends of 2009 will be the demise of the hedge fund… http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=email_en&refer=home&sid=a8uLPVL9X8yY …I might be right. The hedge fund used to thrive in tough times…not this time. Send article as PDF
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Mar 10
Capital Protected Products…nothing but an expensive put option
Capital protected products are in vogue at the moment thanks to the massive losses experienced and the scary economic times we face. Capital protection appears to come in all shapes and sizes…there are Constant Proportion Portfolio Insurance (CPPI) methods, sometimes called dynamic threshold management; futures and derivatives trading methods; Zero Coupon Bond and Call Option …
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