Articles tagged with: index
The U.S. stock indexes closed mixed today on some profit taking. The indexes are still at or near for the move highs. The stock index bulls have the solid overall near term technical advantage as …
Crude oil increased to a two week high after Chinese manufacturing expanded at the quickest pace in six months and on expectations the Federal Reserve will announce measures this week to stimulate the U.S. economy. …
Hedge Funds Options ETFs
Hedge Funds Buy Options on Exchange Traded Funds
It sounds counter-intuitive, but hedge funds buying up bearish options may be a signal that stocks are going to rally in the near future. …
The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) publishes the results of a weekly applications survey that covers roughly 50 percent of all residential mortgage originations and tracks the average interest rate for 30 year and 15 year …
The Fed’s misguided policies have not done a thing for small businesses, the unemployment rate, or the real economy in general but they have induced a mad dash for yield in junk bonds, easily in …
Today’s release of the Chicago Federal Reserve National Activity Index (CFNAI) indicated that national economic activity weakened notably again in September with the index declining to -0.58 from August while the three month moving average …
Equity Hedge Funds Returns
Equity Hedge Funds Lead September Industry Gains
As we previously reported, hedge funds gained 3.7% as all strategies were positive in September. According to the The Bloomberg Aggregate Hedge Fund Index …
Hedge Funds Assets Peak
Hedge Funds Have Biggest Quarterly Gain of $120 Million
Total hedge fund assets have risen to $1.77 trillion as of September 30, 2010. Hedge fund assets are still under the …
On the first of two Tuesday Talks this week, Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors Austan Goolsbee answered your questions about the economy. We took questions from CNN Money, whitehouse.gov and facebook, and covered …
The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) publishes the results of a weekly applications survey that covers roughly 50 percent of all residential mortgage originations and tracks the average interest rate for 30 year and 15 year …
