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fabianaceeee

fabianaceeee

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LetsBrushYourTeeth said:
Speaking of pork bellies, what was your commodity presentation on specifically?
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Management of a stocks and bonds portfolio, different types of stocks and bonds, alternative investing opportunities such as private equities, hedge funds :)confused2), real state, commodities and mutual funds. I even had to do an example and obviously I was clueless :lol:
 
Bjerknes

Bjerknes

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fabianac87 said:
Management of a stocks and bonds portfolio, different types of stocks and bonds, alternative investing opportunities such as private equities, hedge funds :)confused2), real state, commodities and mutual funds. I even had to do an example and obviously I was clueless :lol:
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It's not difficult stuff, really.

Hedge funds are basically where you throw your money at "experts", and you may or may not get it back.
 
Bjerknes

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fabianac87 said:
And what do these experts buy? Anything?
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They do different sorts of trading. Hedge funds specialize in particular markets like agricultural commodities, energy commodities, or a sector of stocks like financial stocks for instance. They generally have a strategy focused on a particular type of investment vehicle or sector, usually not straying away from what they specialize in. Moreover, they also don't care which way the market is trending -- if they think the banking stocks will fall in value, they will take a bet against them by shorting those stocks. If they believe the banks will have a good year, they'll buy the stocks.

There are quite a number of different strategies and methods they use, which also involves buying options or other financial instruments like commodity futures.
 
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fabianaceeee

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LetsBrushYourTeeth said:
They do different sorts of trading. Hedge funds specialize in particular markets like agricultural commodities, energy commodities, or a sector of stocks like financial stocks for instance. They generally have a strategy focused on a particular type of investment vehicle or sector, usually not straying away from what they specialize in. Moreover, they also don't care which way the market is trending -- if they think the banking stocks will fall in value, they will take a bet against them by shorting those stocks. If they believe the banks will have a good year, they'll buy the stocks.

There are quite a number of different strategies and methods they use, which also involves buying options or other financial instruments like commodity futures.
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Wow. Thank you. I should have asked you about this and much more last weekend, it would have helped my grade!
 
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