The Financial Times ran an interesting piece this weekend about Investors worldwide pulling almost $100bn out of equity funds in the first three months of this year – a record shift, and part of a long term trend away from the US market. The article goes on: The outflows also […]
Monthly Archives: March 2008
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With the emergency 0.25 point rate cut over the weekend, and the news that JP Morgan have bought Bear Stearns for $2/share (a valuation of c$235m) it is going to be an interesting week in the markets. A number of members have already shared their views on what falling interest […]
Talking about the opportunity presented by high commodity prices Bob Freedland - Talking about how he is reacting to the volatile conditions Sean Hannon -
This week’s interview is with Covestor member Tom Carlson, aka tmantrader. As Tom explains on his profile, he retired from corporate life in 2006 and now trades full time – managing both long term and short term accounts. Tom is largely a technical trader, who having trained as an actuary, […]
The current edition of The Economist has a special report on asset management. The first article, by Philip Coggan, The Economist’s Capital Markets Editor, highlights how the fund management industry has and continued to do very well, but for itself. Here’s a quote from the introductory paragraph: Imagine a business […]