Overview: Even if you have the highest speed binding punch available on the market, you still have to have a plastic comb opener to spread the combs so that you can insert your pages onto them. Opening the combs and inserting the pages can be one of the most time consuming parts of plastic comb … Read more
Alternative Latin Investor recently spoke with two high profile hedge fund players in Latin America, Otávio Vieira, Portfolio Manager at Safdié and Carlos Rojas Perla, Chief Investment Officer at Compass Group. We were privileged to hear how both managers felt markets had played out in 2009 and to learn of the themes they expect to … Read more
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairman Jon Leibowitz was recently joined by California Attorney General Jerry Brown to announce the initiation of “Operation Loan Lies”, a coordinated national law enforcement effort to crack down on mortgage loan modification scams. The operation has already filed 189 actions by 25 federal and state agencies against fraudulent loan shops that … Read more
WHAT ARE HEDGE FUNDS? www.turnkeyhedgefunds.com In the securities world, the term “Hedge Fund” does not necessarily imply any use of “hedging” as commonly understood; for example where commodity traders use options to “hedge” a commodity position. Presently, in the securities world the term “hedge fund” refers to any type of Private Investment Company operating under … Read more
Companies not paying on time ……………… do so for two main reasons. a) they have severe cash flow problems and b) they use their customers as an interest free loan. Trade credit is almost always interest free, in the current climate customers are using their suppliers as loan providers. Any extra delay means money in … Read more