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Speaking to a number of quants / hedgies, i came to the conclusion that a large number of them seem to be using their a homebrew or caml (for the most part). what many of them couldnt answer was why.
i can certainly understand why they wouldnt want to...
Started by oneAday on
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at stackoverflow):
See for example the programming languages shootout for speed comparisons:
Ocaml vs Python : faster Ocaml vs Ruby MRI : faster Ocaml vs C++ : slower but less code Now, we all heard the line... .
Because it's blazingly fast (and far more succinct than C++) .
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FDA's Janet Woodcock meeting with hedge funds at today's Leerink Swann hedge fund biotech conference
So what else it new?
Tweet from Adam F.:
adamfeuerstein Adam Feuerstein
$VVUS -- A larger, more troubling question: Why is a top FDA official like Janet Woodcock holding private meetings w/ hedge funds? $$
Started by steveporsche on
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at investorvillage):
Nothing surprising in Janet Woodcock....
Well, government organizations do like to consult with hedge funds to find out from them how Cohen for the job as we speak mw Agree, the hedge funds are probably planting bugging equipment.
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If you are a recruiter in the hedge fund industry please introduce yourself here.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at websitetoolbox):
I can help EXPERIENCED analysts and fund managers to find roles....
Industry-Hedge Funds, Fund of Hedge Funds, Family Offices, Proprietary Groups, Venture Capital and Private for Hedge Funds in Asia.
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Hedge Schools not Hedge Funds "How the Irish Saved Civilization" is not just the name of a book, but the description of a remedy. The monastery schools, the bog schools, and later, the hedge schools, saved generations of young people, who went on to built...
Started by rebellin on
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at politics):
The bog schools, and later, the hedge schools, saved generations of young people, who went on to built of the hedge schools and in his poem The Hedge School Masters, he reminds us;
"And through the dread gathered his little class....
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Im trying to own a Hedge Fund company one day, but I dont have the expertise it takes to be successful in Hedge Funds. Besides going to school for 5 or 6 years is there any other way to help me learn about Hedge funds?
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at linkedin):
Hedge Fund Hotels are businesses that offer office space that start-up ....
Start from this book:
"The Hedge Fund Book: A Training Manual for Professionals and Capital-Raising of success of Trading and/or building models.
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Many small and middle size Hedge funds have disappeared between 2008 and 2011. Do you think the liquidity went to biggest HF ?
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Have some of them many Hedge....
The majority of Hedge Funds are a very expensive way to grow money of the Largest Hedge Funds profited more than most? Certainly, Brevan Howard comes to mind.
Change.
Fund Business...
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Found this article on NY Times. Shameless is all that comes to mind. What happened to risk?
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/19/business/global/hedge-funds-may-sue-greece-if-it-tries-to-force-loss.html
Started by woof755 on
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Hedge funds don't want the CDS.
I'm not seeing how lawsuits could possibly be a winning strategy .
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Has anyone read this section yet in Alternative Investments on Hedge Funds? There are no bold words, and I really don’t know what info is relevant or what I should be memorizing/studying. Is this section pointless, a bunch of fluff, or what??
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I get the feeling that CFAI is not....
So we won’t just get a couple questions, well get 6 .
Yeah I saw they put all the different hedge fund strategies in there n we should know which ones questions, or 3) hedge fund questions.
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Question about hedge funds? What's the point? I don't get it.
I mean, I understand that people get obscene amounts of money but, for what? Like... Bill Gates has Microsoft which makes computers and programs (word, excel, powerpoint, etc) that people in...
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It is true that, considering how hard it is to invent me wrong, I don't think well of these professions...but here are some side benefits of hedge funds the capital to launch that business....
The end goal of hedge funds IS money.
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This is just too good not to post!
Larry appears to like some hedge fund like mutual funds.
Cliff Asness: A hedge fund genius goes retail
His move into mutual funds could reshape the investing world in two important ways. First, it might well spawn a ...
Started by stratton on
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at bogleheads):
Like Larry....
For the small cap momentum fund (ASMOX) the turnover is 380 as a stand alone factor.
We're almost certain to offer the AQR mutual funds and recommend them to our clients," says Larry from trading costs using the 1 to 100 rule.
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