Hedge Funds
Hedge funds are usually used by wealthy individuals and institutions to use aggressive strategies not available to mutual funds. Strategies include: selling short, leverage, program trading, swaps, arbitrage and derivatives. Hedge funds are exempt from many rules and regulations which govern other mutual funds which allows them to use these more aggressive techniques. Most require minimum investments of $250,000 to $1 million and are restricted by law to no more than 100 investors per fund. Hedge fund managers often are paid 20% of the fund's profits for a fee. .
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BloombergLocate real-time and historical information on economic conditions, market data and public companies worldwide. Information is available on governments, mortgages, money markets, bonds, commodities, stocks, and currencies. This resource is used in most companies and institutions that manage equities, commodities, and currencies. Two dedicated Bloomberg terminals with full API capabilities which allow for custom downloading and creation of reports are available in the Walker Management Library. Online tutorials are available on the terminals and Bloomberg now offers certification in different financial management areas with tests that can be taken on the Bloomberg terminals. [more]
S&P NetAdvantage
Standard and Poor's Net Advantage provides fulltext access to a variety of S&P publications including the electronic full text versions of the Standard & Poor's Industry Surveys. Covers 52 different industries (usually the larger industries like Retail, Apparel and Footwear, Airlines, Computers, Biotech, Pharmaceuticals, etc) and the reports are updated every 6 months. The surveys contain information about current trends, how the industry operates, key ratios and statistics for each industry, and then how to analyze a company in a particular industry. The last section provides comparative financial data in tabular format for the top companies in the industry. S&P NetAdvantage also includes Stock Reports, Corporation Records as well as detailed information on mutual funds, bonds, dividends, earnings, and a directory of corporations and executives. [more]
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Books, Reference & Print Resources
Financial Analysts JournalHedge Fund Course
Investment Company Fact Book
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HG 4530 .M87
Nelson's Directory of Investment Managers
REF HG 4907 .N447
Vault Career Guide to Hedge Funds
HG 4530 .D385 (Career Section)
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Internet Resources & Websites
Hedge Fund IndicesFinancial Times ( London ) Section on Current Hedge Fund News
Enter the word HEDGE in the search box.
US Securities and Exchange Commission
Proposed Rule to Protect Hedge Fund Investors (Proposed 2006 with comments due by March 2007).
Division of Investment Management sets rules for hedge fund management.
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