Sizes and uses Prunus laurocerasus is commonly known as the Cherry laurel or English laurel. It is quite often confused with Laurus noblis (bay laurel or Grecian laurel), which is the victory laurel of ancient Greece. A hardy evergreen shrub native to Asia and Europe, It is often planted as a large ground cover or under-planting beneath forest trees. I…
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Tock Research As Hedge Fund Industry Private Equity Gets Hotter Heat Is Building On Them Too
Both the hedge fund and private equity industry had free rides during George Bush’s Administration when the Congress was safely in Republican hands. All that changed in November 06 when the Democrats swept the Congress, and with the change in control came new Democratic responsibilities to address the fiscal deficits generated during the time, the Republicans controlled both the executive…
Market Risk Not To Be Ignored Or Overlooked
The first of a two part article…. Fund managers, whether they be equity or bond traders, know all too well that returns are not simply a result of their asset selection prowess. Many external factors come into play. But what are the issues facing the professional money manager. Commodity Trading Advisor, Genuine Trading Solutions of Toronto, find not all fund…
Stock Investing Bank Of America Morgan Stanley Ubs And Bear Stearns Swept Up In Latest Insider Trading Scandal
In the biggest Insider Trader scandal in two decades, members of four prominent firms were implicated in the developing scandal. The firms included Bank of America (BAC.N), Morgan Stanley (MS.N), UBS (UBS.N), and Bear Stearns (BSC.N). To begin with, a little history is in order. Insider trading in this country is illegal; this is not the case in certain other…
Stock Research Hedge Fund Fraud Leads To 160 Million Bear Stearns Settlement
It was announced recently that a Federal Bankruptcy court judge ordered Bear Stearns, one of America’s top tier trading firms to pay $160 million to investors who lost money with a hedge fund that cleared through Bear Stearns. While doing stock research on publicly traded brokerage corporations, we came across the settlement. This spurred us on to thinking, what does…
Hedge Funds 101 Understanding Current Concepts And Lingo
What exactly is a “hedge fund ” ? In essence , it is a managed pool of capital for institutions or wealthy individual investors that employes one of various trading strategies in equities, bonds or derivatives , attemting to gain from market inefficiencies and , to some extent hege underlying risks. Hedge funds are often loosely regulated and usually are…
Hedge Trimmers Are Tools Not Toys
If you are truly passionate about your lawn and garden then you have probably either seriously considered a hedge trimmer or are the proud owner of one. Hedge trimmers are great for trimming hedges as their name would imply, they operate by creating nice clean cuts that do not shred the plant your are trimming. That being said, hedge trimmers…
Stock Research Amaranth Hedge Fund Collapse What Happens When Your Friendly Banker Becomes Predator
You might be familiar with Amaranth LLC, the giant hedge fund that collapsed last fall, after blowing up $6 billion of investors’ money. It now comes out that the circumstances under which they self-destructed are worth studying. But first – A METAPHOR What would happen if you had a pain in your chest, and you had tests taken at your…