Soros Warns Pensions on Hedge Funds?
Posted: 27 Jan 2015 04:12 PM PST
David Sirota of the International Business Times reports, Billionaire Currency Trader George Soros Warns Against Investing Public Pension Money In Hedge Funds:
Another towering figure in the financial industry is warning major pension systems to beware of investing retiree money in hedge funds. During a Thursday meeting at the World […]
Wednesday’s sessions was volatile marked by a sharp spike down in the closing moments of the day as news broke that the European Central Bank revoked a waiver that allowed banks to use Greek government debt as collateral for loans. The decision will force Greek lenders, who since 2010 had been able to access funds from the ECB against junk-rated […]
Friday was a generally quiet session until the closing 90 minutes when sellers came in; the S&P 500 fell 0.55% while the NASDAQ gained 0.16%. A pretty significant warning by shipper UPS might be something to watch for an economic perspective – this is a company that moves a lot of goods around the country. Maybe it was just specific […]
SummaryAmerican stock investors and speculators started pouring capital back into gold this week in a serious way, aggressively buying GLD ETF shares.
This buying was so massive that GLD had to shunt enough stock capital into physical gold bullion to grow its holdings by their fastest pace in about 5 years.
And this is likely just the beginning, as American stock investors […]
Benchmarks ended a five-day losing streak on Friday after energy shares recovered following a rally in oil prices. Oil prices registered their first weekly gain in last eight weeks on Friday. Meanwhile, investors remained focused on mixed economic data and corporate earnings. Investors also assessed Swiss National Bank’s surprise decision to do away with its long-standing decision of fixing the […]
Dear Reader,Did the US stock market correction(I forecast a fall of more than 20%) start this week? It is possible. I expect a fall of circa 30% for the major indices in 2015 or 2016 at the latest. Tech and biotech stocks should decline more than 30%. Energy and metals and mining stocks should also post large losses. Financials seem […]
NEW YORK (AP) — A surge in oil and gas companies pulled the stock market out of a five-day slump on Friday, as the price of crude swung higher.Oil prices jumped after the International Energy Agency predicted drillers would cut production this year. Exxon Mobil, Chevron and other energy companies led all 10 sectors of the Standard & Poor’s 500 […]
Originally published January 16, 2015 at 5:53 AM | Page modified January 16, 2015 at 4:46 PMNEW YORK —
A surge in oil and gas companies pulled the stock market out of a five-day slump on Friday, as the price of crude swung higher.Oil prices jumped after the International Energy Agency predicted drillers would cut production this year. Exxon Mobil, Chevron […]
Thursday was the third day this week they tried to “gap up” the market in premarket, and instead sellers came in hot and heavy once the actual session started. These gap ups are making it difficult for the market to “flush out” and create a near term oversold condition. The S&P 500 fell 0.92% and NASDAQ 1.48%. A measure of […]
Stock Trading Alert: Negative Expectations Following Swiss National Bank Decision To Unpeg Its CurrencyBy: Paul Rejczak | Thu, Jan 15, 2015SharePrintEmailStock Trading Alert originally published on January 15, 2015, 6:10 AM:Briefly: In our opinion, no speculative positions are justified.Our intraday outlook remains neutral, and our short-term outlook is neutral:Intraday (next 24 hours) outlook: neutralShort-term (next 1-2 weeks) outlook: neutralMedium-term (next […]
