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The size of hedge funds jumped to its highest level in the world since the global financial crisis. The Wall Street Journal that the assets of these funds is approaching two trillion dollars, and the increase in the period close to the highest level ever and had reached the beginning of 2008. The newspaper quoted sources as saying that funds the funds of small investors have avoided the crisis first became profitable. She noted that the restoration of funds recovered indicator that the effects of the global financial crisis began to disappear.

According to Hedge Fund Research Foundation, the industry suffered its worst crisis in its history in 2008 when the rate of loss of 19%. It coincided with the loss of depositors withdrawing their money and liquidate some funds, which led to reduce the size of the industry nearly a quarter. At the beginning of 2009 began to put the industry in the improvement. And 2010 was able to achieve profits reached $ 55.5 billion, the largest ever net profit since 2007. It is expected that first-quarter earnings this year, also great. Read the rest of this entry »

Heading global hedge fund managers to devise new tools are compatible with Islamic sharia law for the first time in order to create an Islamic market is expected to reach 50 billion dollars over the next three years. Said Co-CEO of the company Amiri Capital CB Richard Ellis that the global hedge fund industry’s $ 1.3 trillion (trillion = one thousand billion), seeking to attract surplus funds in the Islamic countries which are looking for investment compliant with Islamic law. The remarks were made by “Reuters” on the sidelines of an Islamic finance conference in Dubai on Wednesday 09/06/2006, it is often reluctant investors wealthy Muslims in the Persian Gulf from the entry of hedge funds to adopt strategies that do not conform with Islamic law. And hedge funds Hedge Funds seeks to achieve returns are guaranteed as much as possible through the management of investment portfolios are carefully selected and a hedge, and could include shares and bonds as well as investment in assets such as real estate, as well as gold and precious metals, paintings and other art. Read the rest of this entry »

Derivatives can be used as an alternative investment. You must be sure that you understand and know what you’re doing, otherwise it can be dangerous. Many professional money managers who use primarily hedge funds and absolute return funds, derivatives. These texts are also available for small private investors. Ideally, these instruments to hedge the portfolio at a fixed price includes investors, worried that the market downturn. Can also be used to improve yields. put options (with coverage declining market) and options (against an increase in market coverage) is the safest of products.

These tools can be changed according to other power-option derivatives, which is based on a kind saamvatting investors’ perception of the market instead of other options. Stock Futures (ALF) has become popular, probably because only 10% to 20% of the value of part of the exhibition, the movement of investors into the stock. to pay the deposit in a margin account, and the danger is that people move in the wrong direction, and the owner of the deposit account, and later in the deposit account must be done to cover. Read the rest of this entry »