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rufus this is excellent info. i always wanted to know how things really worked in prime brokerage and capital intro. you mentioned that in return for providing access to top hedge funds, the prime broker would ask the FoF to invest $2-3 million in these start-up funds. how does the prime...

Electricsavant, you said you lost millions before? how?

thanks for the info rufus. for capital introduction, i can see how access to the banks' private wealth management people is unattainable by the hedge fund without a relationship with the bank. however, would you say that meetings with fund of funds, pension funds, and attendance in hf...

so the banks regularly screen their accouts for high performers so that it can ask the account owners to manage money? how does the prime broker capital introduction work? what can you expect from a prime broker if you have $3-4 million?

Electricsavant, with 5K of capital, institutional investors will not give your track record credibility. it is just too small of an account regardless of whether or not you can prove that it's scalable. keep in mind that this is not just a matter of someone believing in you. it's a matter of...

so he had about $3-$15 million during that time period and banks were knocking on his door. what would you say is the minimum amount of capital to get a bank/prime broker interested? or is it really a matter of trading commissions instead of amount managed? how did the banks find him if...

Electricsavant, how much capital do you have?

How large was this fund at the beginning of the 2 year period? Electricsavant, I have read somewhere that if you start a fund and you have a drawdown of >5% in any month within the first year, it's over in terms of raising money from fund of funds. obviously if you have other types of...

oh well that's okay. i hope those of you who apply will still drop a quick note. i am often tapped in to the flow of descent trading/investing positions. however, thanks to those who like to ruin things for other people without provocation, i won't be sharing them here again.

The job below is from a reputable headhunter in the hedge fund industry. I think some of you may be interested and have the qualifications. Just pm me and I'll send you the contact info. In your pm (as a small favor for me in return for the info), can you please attach your resume? The...

Anyone know which data vendor will allow me to grap real time price and volume data using Excel DDE? As cheap as possible, but reliable. Thanks.

Has anyone ever signed on to these class action shareholder lawsuits? Do you ever get anything? I'm talking about the letter you get every once in a while from a law firm asking you if you want to join a class action lawsuit on a stock you owned a while back.

I had looked at the user guide prior to posting the message. This is the definition from the user guide. Net liquidation: total cash value + stock value + securities option value + bond value Equity with loan: total cash value + stock value + bond value + (non-U.S. & Canada securities...

AUM means assets under management

What is the difference between the two? Which one is the usual account equity value?

Anyone have any experience with this firm. They say they can match buyers and sellers. http://www.restrictedstockpartners.com/

You are entitled to the dividend as long as you are a shareholder of record on the record date of the dividend payment.

I agree. Sure, there are a few that are outstanding, but the only difference between most hedge fund managers and the individual investor/trader who applies himself is that the hedge fund manager can fundraise. There's also the difference in that institutional sales will give "proprietary"...

I'm not a big fan of the Sharpe ratio, but I have to admit that it does have its merit when you look at the first chart. Sure, the CAGR is 20%+, but most of that is from the first two years. Any investor who got in after the first two years are making far less than 20%.

Thanks. I was talking about historical p/e ratios for individual stocks.