Alas, at that point the donor and heirs are powerless to prevent the beneficiary charity from buying hedge funds and the like.
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Also, this takes away gold buying as a hedge against dollar weakness.
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Dollar weakness tends to help gold by attracting buying as a hedge or alternative currency and since it makes all commodities cheaper for holders of other currencies, and vice-versa.
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Average Chinese investors are buying gold as a hedge against inflation, according to a feature story in China Daily on Tuesday.
Buying gold as a hedge against a failing economy seems to be the best idea so far, but now it seems that everyone has the same idea.
Institutional investors too have become a growing percentage of the buying pool, with hedge funds and private equity firms snapping up thousands of single-family homes in markets like Las Vegas and Tampa, Fla.
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One possibility is that, with inflation and deflation both plausible consequences of a debt crisis, investors are spreading their bets, buying gold as a hedge against the former and bonds as a hedge against the latter.
India will also sell from next month government bonds that will adjust returns based on the rate of inflation, a move aimed in part at weaning away small investors from buying gold as a hedge against high inflation.
Long-time readers know that when this ratio is rising, it has typically been a sign that hedge fund managers are accumulating equities and buying put options on these broad-based ETFs to hedge their long positions.
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There are worries about both a weaker currency and higher inflation, which tend to lead to buying of gold as a hedge.
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Now, says Fitch Ratings, hedge funds are buying them to goose returns.
Smart operators hedge positions by buying out of the money puts.
The trades involved investments to hedge the risks of buying long-term Italian government bonds.
Should this escalate, it could mean buying of precious metals as a hedge.
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In their scramble for quick returns, hedge funds have been buying junk as if it were going out of style.
In the case of gold, traders see potential for a pick-up in Chinese inflation, which may trigger buying of gold as an inflation hedge by Chinese citizens.
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Hedge fund traders started buying up C-BASS 2006 paper in late 2011, and by the end of 2012 the bonds had traded up to about 48 cents, a 34% return.
Articles in Institutional Investor show that more traditional asset managers, like pension funds, are buying real estate, investing in hedge funds, distressed debt and CLOs again and in hedges for their book, she added.
JPMorgan is absorbed with the integration of Bank One and says it is not in the frame of mind to do a large deal (though that hasn't stopped it from buying a big stake in a hedge fund and a London-based corporate broker).
Many also want to hedge against further devaluation by buying dollars now to meet future commitments.
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Hedge fund managers have been buying sports properties with gusto recently.
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Nick Carter of UxC Consulting explained that hedge funds and investors, buying into physical uranium, managed to inflate and pop a bubble which decimated investor confidence for years.
Hedge funds can make money by buying companies and selling underperforming assets.
For example, a business might hedge against rising oil prices by buying a financial product to secure stable fuel costs, so an airlines might have an interest in locking in a decent price.
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When this ratio peaked at a high level and turned lower several weeks ago, we cautioned that the market could run into headwinds, as it signaled hedge funds were no longer in buying mode.
These instruments allow for investors to hedge their oil exposure as easily as buying a stock.
The finance ministry has barred individuals, non-financial companies and foreign hedge funds, among others, from buying its new bonds.
Foster Wheeler could hedge its exposure to fossil fuels by buying its way into the business of building nuclear power or desalination plants.
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