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  • Cash-rich hedge funds shake up the reinsurance industry

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    SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Under increasing pressure to extend a string of huge returns for their super-wealthy clients, several top hedge funds are making forays into what may seem an unlikely new business for high-flying investors: reinsurance. And their entry into a market once dominated by a few old-guard insurance specialists has raised hackles among…

  • Jim Rogers’ Hedge Fund Tips

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    Investment guru Jim Rogers and other hedge fund managers see opportunities in global markets, including energy technologies. Looking for new and diversified investment opportunities for your hedge fund? Stay clear of India or Russia, but do start scrutinizing the commodity markets of China, Brazil, and Canada, where opportunities will abound over the next 10 years…

  • A New Way to Mine Gold

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    Investors have always been able to buy gold-mining stocks or the metal itself. Now exchange trade funds are reducing the risks and hassles Gold has regained some of its luster over the past few years. Since hitting a low of about $256 per ounce in early April, 2001, the price of the yellow metal climbed…

  • Worldwide ETF assets $313.6B in Feb.

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    Global assets trading volume up nearly 20% YTD – report BOSTON – There were 348 exchange-traded funds at the end February with assets of $313.6 billion trading on 31 global exchanges, according to new research released Tuesday by Morgan Stanley. Year to date, worldwide ETF assets under management increased 1.7 percent, while average daily trading…

  • Cayman Islands A Conduit For Asian Hedge Fund Investors

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    A surge in interest from Asian investors has contributed to a 100% increase in the number of hedge funds registered in the Cayman Islands during 2004, as more than 1,100 new funds were established in the jurisdiction last year, according to a new analysis released by global offshore law firm Walkers. It means that over…

  • The ETF Industry’s 800-Pound Gorilla

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    In a sense, San Francisco-based Barclays is the McDonald’s (MCD) of the ETF world. McDonald’s didn’t invent hamburgers and Barclays didn’t create ETFs, but the companies each exploited and popularized their industry niches to a greater degree than anyone else. Barclays’ family of 99 iShares is the undisputed 800-pound gorilla of the growing ETF market.…

  • New hedge fund to use ‘crisis investing’ strategy

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    SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Joe Feshbach, who with brothers Matthew and Kurt ran one of the most high-profile short-selling hedge funds of the 1980s, is back. This time, instead of betting against companies, a new hedge fund he’s starting — Joe Feshbach Partners LP — will buy securities of troubled firms. Using a strategy called…

  • Rydex ETF equal-weights S&P 500 stocks

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    BOSTON – Exchange-traded funds that invest in widely-held S&P 500 companies can look markedly different, depending on how much they allocate to individual stocks. The Rydex S&P Equal Weight ETF (RSP) invests the same amount — 0.20 percent — in every stock in the S&P 500 index (SPX), rebalancing quarterly to maintain the portfolio. The…

  • China’s first exchange-traded fund starts trading

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    BEIJING, Feb. 23 — The mainland’s first exchange-traded fund, or ETF starts trading Wednesday on the Shanghai bourse. The move is aimed at helping to develop the nation’s fledgling stock markets. More than six billion units of Shanghai 50 ETF’s are being listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange on Wednesday. The index ETF funds are…