Recent content by bulat

Doesnt this mean that a typical setup that you identify shows up around 25 times per day? Or approximately every 13 minutes during the trading day. Sounds quite high.

What's the URL?

Can anyone recommend a good (and not overly expensive) laywer in the San Francisco bay area to handle the paperwork in setting up a very small exempt CPO (commodity pool)? Also, can anyone recommend a good local accountant with experience in working with CTAs and CPOs? -bulat

Interesting question. Can you tell us what the right answer is?

Different futures have different trading hours. They are all posted on the exchanges' respective websites (CBOT, CME, NYMEX, etc.)

I just finished reading "Hedgehogged" and "Running Money", both written by hedge fund managers who talk about the travails of raising money for their funds. The impression I got from these books, is that they received most of their client introductions through their prime brokers. The prime...

Thanks Aaron. So this version of Turbotax can properly classify which income is short-term cap gain, which is long-term cap gains, and which is just regular income, after accounting for all the performance/management fees?

On the encouragement of some friends, I've decided to start a CPO fund to mange some of their money, and since the initial amount of money in the fund is under $400,000, the pool is exempt from all the various registrations. Does anyone have some experience with the logistics of such an...

So then would be it accurate to say that for a fund, your only options of marketing it are: 1) Approach people you already know 2) Hire a third party marketer with a big rolodex 3) List yourself in the ranking services and hope that potential investors notice you Can those really be the...

Do you know if it feasable to cold call the private wealth management firms and pitch your fund, or would this also require an introduction?

Has anyone had any success (or lack thereof) contacting financial advisors and family investment offices that cater to high net worth individuals? I've been considering whether putting together a list of such financial advisors/investment managers and cold calling them directly, is a viable...

I had Flash, Shockwave and Quicktime all stop working in Firefox after I upgraded from 1.0 to 1.5. Still havent figured out why.

My observation from watching the IASG.com database over the last few years, is that the funds with very consistent month over month returns, and small drawdowns attract capital very quickly even with moderate returns. While those with big equity swings or long drawdowns dont attract much capital...