Tag Archives: oil-price


Russia hedge fund survivors ride rising stock markets

May 26, 2009 : Permalink

Opalesque – Most hedge funds focusing on the region benefited from the increasing oil price and the strengthening rouble in April. Those who did hence survived 2008, which proved to have been almost lethal as some had to restructure and […]

What 2009 holds for smaller resource stocks

December 22, 2008 : Permalink

Investors Chronicle – 2008 witnessed a boom and bust of monumental proportions in the junior mining and oil and gas sectors. From being among the London market’s strongest performers, driven by record commodity prices, resources stocks plummeted out of favour […]

Shorts Are In a Bind

July 31, 2008 : Permalink

New York Post- If the Securities and Exchange Commission expands its clampdown on short-selling, it is widely expected to slam hedge funds like Stephen Cohen’s SAC Capital and James Simon’s Renaissance Technologies, which profit from fast-and-furious trading, experts predicted. That’s […]