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- Hedge Fund Deleveraging Likely to Continue
- David Enke submits: Banks are continuing to ask for more collateral to back past hedge fund lending, causing more funds to liquidate their positions see WSJ article. When added with investor redemption, bank-induced liquidation is forcing hedge funds to step-up their deleveraging. Such selling is continuing to put pressure...
- External links 2008-10-19
- Are Credit Markets Turning? Two Analysts See Strength, Caution
- David Enke submits: Daniel Alpert of Westwood Capital and Jerry Webman of Oppenheimer Funds were recently on CNBC discussing the credit markets. Alpert mentioned that while the panic has left the market, and many banks are doing well due to widening credit spreads, the spreads are wide in-part because...
- External links 2009-07-21
- New 130/30 ETF Offered by ProShares
- David Enke submits: ProShares is launching the first 130/30 ETF strategy (see Pensions & Investments article, Nasdaq article). The 130/30 ETF CSM will track the Credit Suisse 130/30 Large-Cap index. The Credit Suisse 130/30 index was developed by Andrew Lo CIO of AlphaSimplex Group and Pankaj Patel (director of...
- External links 2009-07-15
- Some Observations from Whitney Interview
- David Enke submits: Meredith Whitney was recently on CNBC the video is provided below discussing the banks and financials. Some observations from the interview include: This will be a tactical quarter for the banks. She has a bullish call...
- External links 2009-07-14
- American Express CEO Ken Chenault on CNBC: Sober and Direct
- David Enke submits: There was an interesting interview on CNBC yesterday with Ken Chenault, CEO of American Express AXP. While Chenault spent half of the interview discussing the AXP brand and strategy, he also spent time discussing the economy in general, and credit card legislation specifically. Instead of simply...
- External links 2009-07-09
- Morgan Stanley Offers Indication of Hedge Funds Getting Back to Normal
- David Enke submits: Morgan Stanley is attempting to lure hedge fund clients back to its prime brokerage see WSJ article. As a carrot, Morgan is planning to announce that hedge fund clients will be allowed to hold some of their assets in the MS Trust National Association, instead of...
- External links 2009-06-17
- Proposed Regulation Could Reduce the Flow of Capital and Transfer of Risk
- David Enke submits: In a recent Bloomberg article, it was mentioned by the Credit Suisse Group that the Federal Reserve could consider selling options to primary dealers in order to help them ease imbalances in derivative positions that are amplifying swings in interest rates see Bloomberg article. This sounds...
- External links 2009-06-17
- TIPtoeing Toward Inflation
- David Enke submits: The gap in yield between the 10-year TIP (Treasury inflation-protected security) and the regular 10-year Treasury surpassed two percentage points, as investors begin to price in expectations of inflation see WSJ article. This comes on the day that Federal Reserve Chairman Bernanke warns of how longer-term...
- External links 2009-06-03
- Potential OTC Trading on Exchanges Benefits CME Group
- David Enke submits: While the effects of government bailouts and spending is still to be determined, Treasury Security Geithner does seem to be responsible for stimulating at least one industry - the exchanges. Since the announcement of his intent to shift more over-the-counter derivative trading onto the exchanges, the share...
- External links 2009-06-03
- Biting the Hedge Fund Hand That Could Save the Economy
- David Enke submits: As the current administration continues to scold hedge fund "speculators" and blame them for potentially forcing Chrysler into bankruptcy for not accepting a deep discount on their debt before they finally relented, those same firms may now hold more keys to the success of some of...
- External links 2009-05-13
- Raising Banks' Common Equity: The Vicious Dilution Cycle
- David Enke submits: Bank stress tests are now being delayed until the end of this week, not Monday, May 4th, as originally planned see Bloomberg article. Source: CFA Smart Brief The delay is apparently being made as bank executives debate the findings of the tests with examiners. Initial talk...
- External links 2009-05-03
- Fed Considers Backing CMBS Loans
- David Enke submits: The World's Largest Hedge Fund (yes, that one, the one owned by you and I, the U.S. taxpayer) may now be adding additional securities to its portfolio. According to a recent Bloomberg article, the Fed is considering expanding the Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility (TALF) to...
- External links 2009-05-03
- Hedge Fund Redemptions Might Push Market to Support Levels
- David Enke submits: According to a recent WSJ article, in the wake of the recent Madoff and Stanford scandals, hedge fund investors have been requesting their money back at an increased pace over the last few months. Morgan Stanley analysts are forecasting that assets under management could fall by...
- External links 2009-03-02
- Throwing Good Money After Bad at Yahoo
- David Enke submits: The Microsoft MSFT-Yahoo! YHOO rumors are back in full swing. The Times Online is reporting that Microsoft is in serious talks to acquire the search business of Yahoo! for $20 billion, much less than the original $47.5 billion offered for the company this past summer. Details...
- External links 2008-12-01
- Citigroup Report: Hedge Fund Assets Could Fall to $1 Trillion
- David Enke submits: Just about every day we get a new prediction / forecast of where the hedge fund industry is headed. Now Citigroup C is reporting that total hedge fund assets may fall to around $1 trillion by the middle of next year see Bloomberg article. This figure...
- External links 2008-11-18
- Buffett's Buying More Burlington; Should You?
- David Enke submits: The Inside Scoop feature at Barron's see article is reporting on how Warren Buffett has increased his position in Burlington Northern Santa Fe BNI. Earlier this week, Buffett bought another 825,000 shares, bring his total position to about 19% of the company. Not only does this...
- External links 2008-11-01
- Large Bearish Put Options Spread Possibly Placed
- David Enke submits: Twenty minutes after the opening bell on Thursday, an investor unwound a bearish spread in August options and entered a similar position in December options WSJ article. Not really that newsworthy until you find out that the trade involved 720,000 options contracts on the SPDR Trust...
- External links 2009-07-24
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- The Need For Risk Management and Its Implementation
- David Enke submits: The New York Times had an article yesterday about how the CEO at Freddie Mac FRE ignored the warnings signs of potential problems, in particular its financing of questionable loans that threatened its financial health. Not necessarily news, but it once again stresses the need for...
- External links 2008-08-06
- CDS Market Is Holding Up
- David Enke submits: Reuters reports that while the failure of Bear Stearns BSC would have likely triggered a series of counterparty failures in the credit default swaps market had the Fed not come to the rescue, CDS securities have actually held up pretty well and remained relatively liquid, even...
- External links 2008-08-10
- Private Equity Seeking Out The Next Value, This Time in Banks
- David Enke submits: With banks trading at historically cheap valuations, private equity firms are now looking not only for bargains in the sector, but also for ways to get around regulatory hurdles see FT article. Currently, federal rules prevent investors from holding more than 24.9% of a bank if...
- External links 2008-08-10
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