Dollar Signs

Volatility and correlation by Ineichen – longer post from AllAboutAlpha here.

—-

2008 ETF wish list

With nearly 500 ETF/ETNs filed at the SEC, you would think the developers would have filled some of the major holes instead of copycat fund #20. Like a listed hedge fund, FOF, and some form of l/s commodity index.

—-

2007 Country Returns

—-

With muni bonds yielding roughly the same as Treasuries, investors in high tax brackets could be snapping these up for tax-equivalent yields of 6-7%. Many of the closed-end muni bond funds trade at 10-15% discounts to their NAV, giving a nice cushion to the downside and some potential upside capital gains. I like using ETFConnect to sift through the CEF universe.

—-

Who needs soap operas? The hedge fund space could fill some serious tabloids with recent news:

Albert Hsu lists an ad on collarme.com for someone to abduct and rape his former mistress.

Deceased hedge fund manager Seth Tobias and Tiger (no, not that Tiger).

—-

If you use Gmail this add-on is a great task manager (and it gets rid of the Google ads too). Remember the Milk.