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Comment on Can Anyone Really Predict 21st Century Economic Trends? by Dave

Dave — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 08:29:43 +0000

Very interesting. I’ll subscribe on your RSS. How long did you write it??

Comment on IS ASSET BASED LENDING THE FINANCIAL SECTOR HEDGE by Commerical Real Estate

Commerical Real Estate — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 23:31:26 +0000

I agree. Banks have been lending at very high ltv’s.I would like more information on ABL.

Comment on Fund Managers Need To Be Accesible and Personally Invested by Regent Global Funds» Today's Ideas » How Small Funds Outperform Large Funds: A Classic David vs. Goliath

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 17:33:02 +0000

[...] of a small fund is the accessibility to the managers. I have touched on this before in “Fund Managers Need to be Accessible and Personally Invested“, and accessibility is an absolute must in this market. I will be coming out with a full [...]

Comment on EUROS HAVE TWO WAYS OF PROFITING IN U.S. DOLLAR INVESTMENTS by Regent Global Funds» Today's Ideas » Are US Dollar Investments A Hedge For Canadian Investors?

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 13:46:19 +0000

[...] Idea comes from an offshoot of an article I wrote a while back called, “Euro’s Have Two Ways of Profiting in U.S. Dollar Investments” where I discussed US dollar investments as a long term hedge for investors holding Euros. [...]

Comment on Asset Based Lending: The Future of Financing by Regent Global Funds» Today's Ideas » The Alternative Investment Debate of Debt vs. Equity

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 14:27:59 +0000

[...] You can read more about the basics of asset based lending by clicking here. [...]

Comment on Can Anyone Really Predict 21st Century Economic Trends? by Regent Global Funds» Today's Ideas » Downsizing To Death Is Not An Alternative To Growth

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 13:42:05 +0000

[...] job cuts as an alternative to growth, and in essence keeping their bottom line in shape. With the economy in a recession, it’s that time again for large corporations to start slashing jobs and [...]

Comment on Alternative Investments Need To Be Private by Richard Wilson, hedge funds blogger

Richard Wilson, hedge funds blogger — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:54:43 +0000

I also think of the ramifications of those top equity owners being able to somewhat cash out now. It would seem that their own personal assets are more diversified now and they may simply maintain the firm for steady cash flows instead of aggressive growth or great value creation…

- Richard

Comment on Why Traditional Diversification is not Diversified by Regent Global Funds» Today's Ideas » Do We Need to Change the Definition of an Alternative Investment?

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:15:00 +0000

[...] equity funds, and a whole another host of things that I covered in a previous article “Why Traditional Diversification is Not Diversified“. Where I am diverting from some of the investment crowd is that I feel it should also be a [...]

Comment on July 21- When the Crisis ends the Bear Market Begins. by Regent Global Funds» Today's Ideas » Can Anyone Really Predict 21st Century Economic Trends?

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:20:36 +0000

[...] economic trends and the forces that affect them that is a bit counter to what I wrote in “When The Crisis End the Bear Market Begins“. I don’t believe my theory is original and I am sure someone out there has [...]

Comment on Fund Managers Need To Be Accesible and Personally Invested by Paragon Wealth Management

Paragon Wealth Management — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 19:24:20 +0000

Excellent article. There should be more fund managers like you out there. Accountability is so important. Our portfolio managers also personally invest in our portfolios.

I don’t know if you saw the video that was recently on YouTube about this. It was taken off, but basically a fund manager was had a question and answer session with his clients. Most of the clients were angry because the fund manager told all of them to do things with their money to make things better for his investments. He didn’t care about any of his clients. All he cared about was making money and stepping over people to get there. It’s sad, but there are a lot of advisors out there like this guy.

We need more advisors that people can pick up the phone and actually have a conversation with and they don’t have to worry because the fund manager is putting his or her money in the same place as his clients.