Hedge Funds and ETF's

[oildaytrader]

Choosing hedge funds has the odds like betting on a horse race.

Investors may be better off using proven traders , on this form trade on their accounts , with the money guaranteed by the S F A.

Investing in a fund where redemptions can blocked is investing in a illiquid market.Investors are not guaranteed safety of funds with hedge funds.

The hedge funds do in big way ,what small traders do in a small way.

 

[gooseman]

i'm sorry you've completely lost me here. what is your point? what accounts are guaranteed by the FSA?

 

[oildaytrader]

i'm sorry you've completely lost me here. what is your point? what accounts are guaranteed by the FSA?

The brokers in the U K where clients deposit their money i.e Interactive brokers ,O D L etc.

The traders would trade the investor's accounts and get a cut of profits.These are private agreements.

 

[gooseman]

it's guaranteed as in if they go bust, not if they lose money trading with your dough. i'd much rather hand my money to a HF manager with a good track record (there are many out there with very good performance figures) than some chump at ODL.

 

[oildaytrader]

I would not put 1 cent in another tax on my earnings.Pensions is another tax for the benefit of the financial industry.Hedge funds are nothing more .

The only hedge funds looking for money are the ones who can't make money.The ones making money are closed to insiders.

 

[gooseman]

ok, you seem to know better than everyone else on this matter. i know for a fact my returns on my money in a HF are beating the money i can possibly get in more conventional savings plans. i'm happy to live with the illiquidity and risk for the sake or diversification. if i want consistent yet underwhelming returns i'll jam a bond in the porfolio.