Below is a video on hedge funds. While parts of the video are good, generalizations are made about the industry which I do not believe are true. All hedge fund managers do not “hedge” and many are not “adventurous.” Hope this is helpful. Also, there are many more rules that hedge funds typically must follow, this video makes the process sound more simple than it really is.

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What the Ultra Rich Invest in now

Below is a short article on what family offices and some ultra high net worth investors are investing in right now:

Simon Mellon, who’ll be heading up Bonner & Partners Family Office, our soon-to-be-launched money management and tax optimization service, is keeping in close contact with Notes HQ.

Simon is a global finance insider with a decade’s worth of experience working in capital markets. And right now he’s advising investors to remain cautious until a clearer picture emerges about the market’s direction.

When I was a child I could never sit still on a long road journey. I was always asking, “Are we there yet? Are we there yet? ARE WE THERE YET???” My father would always reply “Nearly, son… Nearly,” even though we were still miles from our destination.

This is exactly how the financial markets seem to me right now. It’s been more than two years since the credit crisis kicked off, and I’m getting itchy in my seat: I want to be back out there playing with the other financial (whizz) kids. But it feels like the end of this current rocky road is still on the distant horizon.

Wall Street wants you to believe things improving… that we are on the road to recovery… and that “green shoots” are starting to appear in the economy. Call me a cynic, but I’m just not convinced. Read more…

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While we don’t usually publish videos put out by industry service providers, below is a very professional interview-based video created by Advent Software. Within this video they talk about hedge fund infrastructure, investing in improving operations, and the pay-off periods of doing so. Click here to view the embedded video below.

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Here is a short video with IndexIQ which offers a hedge fund ETF product. This video provides a pretty good high level explanation of the product. Discussions around how legitimate these products are surfaced at both of the last two hedge fund conferences I attended. If you are viewing this article via email please click here to watch the embedded video below.

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I provided a quote yesterday to Daleela Farina, an author over at BloggingStocks.com. Here is an excerpt from an article she just published on hedge funds and mutual funds:

Has your broker repeatedly sold you on the “safe” investment vehicle, the mutual fund? Investing in a wide variety of prominent companies, with solid, long-term track records, mutual funds have been an easy-to-understand and popular investment choice for decades.

Mutual funds are hugely diversified, holding large stakes in recognizable names such as Google (GOOG), Citigroup (C), Walmart (WMT), Starbucks (SBUX), General Electric (GE), Bank of America (BAC), and Fannie Mae (FNM).

A few years ago, doubting these dominant brands would have been considered foolish. This narrow-minded thinking is representative of our formerly uneducated and naive views on the market. But after last year’s performance, mutual funds’ investment model has now been proven obsolete. Like the dinosaurs. source

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As a follow up to a post we put out a few weeks ago, here is some more evidence that multi-family offices may still be growing as some wealth management operations and single family offices struggle:

Citing a collapsing investment market and increased demands from family members, many single-family offices are worried about keeping their doors open, saying that “sustainability” is the biggest challenge they face.

That was a key finding from the “Single-Family Office Study” released last month by Family Wealth Alliance LLC of Wheaton, Ill.

“For single-family offices, assets are down and expenses are up,” said Thomas Livergood, chief executive of Family Wealth Alliance.

“When things are hunky-dory, as they’ve been for the past few years, nothing is questioned,” he said. “When things start going wrong, everything is questioned.”

Many single-family offices “will need to change,” Mr. Livergood said. source

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As a follow up to a post we put out a few weeks ago, here is some more evidence that multi-family offices may still be growing as some wealth management operations and single family offices struggle:

Citing a collapsing investment market and increased demands from family members, many single-family offices are worried about keeping their doors open, saying that “sustainability” is the biggest challenge they face.

That was a key finding from the “Single-Family Office Study” released last month by Family Wealth Alliance LLC of Wheaton, Ill.

“For single-family offices, assets are down and expenses are up,” said Thomas Livergood, chief executive of Family Wealth Alliance.

“When things are hunky-dory, as they’ve been for the past few years, nothing is questioned,” he said. “When things start going wrong, everything is questioned.”

Many single-family offices “will need to change,” Mr. Livergood said. source

To learn more about family office wealth management firms please visit FamilyOfficesGroup.com.

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Below is a short video on hedge fund investments, current market risks and how hedge funds have been involved within the recent crisis. This video discusses the blame placed on hedge funds, the importance of trust in the industry right now and whether fund of hedge funds are going to continue to exist within their traditional form. If you are reading this article through our daily email newsletter and would like to watch the embedded video on our website please click here.

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Here is a short video on investing in diamonds as an alternative investment. To view this video through your email inbox please click here.

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A new trade group was recently formed to help improve the public and industry image of PIPE investments. This is needed, I have heard many professionals say that this is one of the 3-5 types of hedge fund strategies that they do not want to touch within their portfolio. Here is short article excerpt on this development:

Companies that make private investments in public equities, also known as PIPE investments, have formed a trade group to educate the public about what they do.

The Direct Funding Preservation Alliance will attempt to squelch misconceptions of PIPE investors, who have been criticized as predatory investors who take advantage of companies desperate for money. Membership will include PIPE investors and industry vendors, organizers say.

Even within the publicly maligned hedge-fund industry, PIPE funds have been looked at by some as a seedy back-alley … source

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