MONACO (MarketWatch) -- If hedge fund managers have any insight at all, the credit crunch and market turmoil may not be over yet.
About 800 gathered this past week for the GAIM International hedge fund and alternative investment event in Monaco. A year ago, with 1,000 in attendance, the conference was kicking off just as markets were starting to fall apart, with the biggest slump yet to come.
Of course, it should be noted that hedge funds have been blamed by many for contributing to last year's financial mess.
As for the look ahead, a survey of attendees by conference organizers revealed that 65% of those polled expect the crisis to "rumble on," with just 17% saying it was over and that same amount expecting the crisis to diminish significantly. More
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Rethink: A Business Manifesto for Cutting Costs Ric Merrifield's "Rethink" approach help turns the recession into a business opportunity that will strengthen the long-term health of any company -- Merrifield with Kurt Schemers on Traders Nation.
Stock markets looks for new leader as financials lag -- Financial Exchange Traded Fund has yet to hit 200-moving average this year NEW YORK (Market Watch) -- Since hitting a six-month high in May, the XLF Financial SPDR has been in consolidation mode as analysts mulled the impact of moves by some of the largest U.S. banks to repay government bailout funds. "While financial stocks acted as the leader in supporting the rally in equities, they have now fallen behind their technology sectors, underperforming them over the past four weeks," said Ashraf Laidi, chief market strategist, CMC markets. More Transatlantic pay gap narrows -- But as in U.S., tide of public opinion turns against European bankers LONDON (MarketWatch) -- When the British government politely asked Fred Goodwin, the departing chief executive of the nationalized Royal Bank of Scotland, to give up his roughly $1 million- a-year pension last February, his stubborn refusal made for very bitter headlines. It also helped dispel the notion of excessive executive pay as an exclusively American problem. More Pence: 'Cap-and-Trade' Prescription for Economic Decline By: Jim Meyers
Indiana Republican Rep. Mike Pence tells Newsmax that the Democrats’ “cap-and-trade” plan to reduce carbon emissions is a “prescription for economic decline.”
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See Video: Indiana Rep. Mike Pence discusses Obama’s costly cap-and-trade energy plans - Click Here Now China seeks oversight of reserve currency issuers -- China sovereign wealth fund plans more investments in Europe SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao called for more surveillance of countries that issue major reserve currencies, according to published reports Saturday.
Wen did not specify the United States in his remarks at the Boao Forum for Asia in China's Hainan Province. But Chinese officials have recently expressed their concern about their country's investments in dollar-denominated assets.
"We should advance reform of the international financial system, increase the representation and voice of emerging markets and developing countries, strengthen surveillance of the macro-economic policies of major reserve currency issuing economies, and develop a more diversified international monetary system," Wen said, according to China's official Xinhua news agency. More 6 reasons I'm calling a bottom and a new bull ARROYO GRANDE, Calif. (MarketWatch) -- OK, so you're one of millions of investors impatiently waiting on the sidelines, sitting with $2.5 trillion cash under your mattress, waiting for the right moment, that signal screaming: "Bottom's in, start buying!" Yes, it'll go down again, but the bottom's in, thanks to a great March, possibly the third best month since 1950, so it's time to jump back in and buy, buy, buy!
You heard me, I'm calling the bottom, beating Dr. Doom to the punch again (yes, again). Last time we were predicting the recession. This time we're calling the market bottom and a new bull. More
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