Today's Exclusives

• Opalesque Exclusive: Endurance Series Trust launches first mutual fund, multi-series trust [more]

  Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Endurance Series Trust, a multi-series trust, is launching with Gator Capital Management, LLC as the adviser for the Trust’s first mutual fund series. Endurance Fund Services, LLC, an independently owned and operated fund administration company will serve as t

• Opalesque Exclusive: The Alternative Answer tackles complex issues with intellectual gravitas through logical framework analysis [more]

  By: Mark Melin, Editor Opalesque Futures Intelligence After reading north of 30 alternative investing / financial services books (and involved in writing two), it can be said The Alternative Answer is among the easiest

• Opalesque Roundtable: Japanese epic bear market meets dramatic regime shift in macro-economic policy [more]

  Beverly Chandler, Opalesque London: There has already been a great deal of market and media coverage of the 'recovery’ in Japan. Speakers at the Opalesque Roundtable Japan 2013, sponsored by

Today's Other Voices

• Other Voices: What the doctor ordered [more]

  By: Andre Boreas, Director-Alternative Investments, Intralinks I had the opportunity to attend a real estate conference a few weeks ago where the topic of transparency was a hot button issue. More information, quicker turnaround times and deeper due diligence was the mantra among the general par

More Other Voices

• 17. May. 2013 | Other Voices: Three 'game changers’ have limited contagion in European markets [more]

  This piece was authored by Melanie Rijkenberg, CFA, Associate Director, Pacific Alternative Asset Management Company Europe LLP. Since the start of the year we have seen a clear de-correlation in global markets and most n

• 17. May. 2013 | Other Voices: Great rotation? What great rotation? [more]

  In the article below, Alex McKnight, investment manager at GAM, an independent, active investment management firm, comments on why convertibles are catching investors’ eyes. We believe the "great rotation" is ov

• 02. May. 2013 | Other Voices: The changing role of hedge funds in pension plan portfolios [more]

  This article was authored by Shahid Ikram, CIO at Aviva Investors, a global asset manager that is part of Aviva, one of the world’s largest insurance companies, and appeared first in Swiss daily newspaper Le Temps on Monday. Mo

• 02. May. 2013 | Other Voices: How the JOBS ACT will benefit hedge fund investors [more]

  This article was authored by Donald A. Steinbrugge, Managing Member of Agecroft Partners LLC, a third-party marketer based in Richmond, VA, U.S. It has been recently covered in the media that Mary Jo White, who became SEC chair

• 16. Apr. 2013 | Other Voices: A primer on AIFMD for U.S. advisers [more]

  This article was authored by Deborah Prutzman, Founder and CEO of New York based-RFG, which provides, among other things, regulatory and risk guidance. AIFMD—As a U.S. adviser, are you within its scope and can you avoid its reach?

• 05. Apr. 2013 | Other Voices: Ikos's Elena Ambrosiadou asks: "Has anyone learnt anything from the recent Cyprus maelstrom, and will it make a difference?" [more]

  This piece was provided by Elena Ambrosiadou, chief executive officer of Ikos Asset Management. Cyprus is in the middle of a financial maelstrom - where did it come from and what needs to be done about it now? Cyprus is the third

• 27. Mar. 2013 | Other Voices: Chasing shadows: should hedge funds shadow administrators? [more]

  This article was provided by Bijesh Amin, Co-Founder/Managing Director at Indus Valley Partners. To shadow or not to shadow At least that is the question facing many large hedge funds with assets well above the magical $1bn mark. The production of a portfolio NAV (Net Asset Value) is

• 08. Mar. 2013 | Other Voices: Demand for Change Post-Madoff - Due diligence in a changing economy [more]

  This article was provided by Zabrina T Barile and Wendy Toribio-Torres of HedgeOp Compliance, an IMS Group Company. The Madoff Investment Securities scandal in 2008 prompted significant reforms to the rules and regulations that govern the investm

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NYMEX - CRUDE OIL (July) - Daily

Near Term Trend: Positive
Friday’s Close: $96.27 (+.77)
UPDATE: In our last report, we clearly stated, “Based on a daily close, $96.80 serves as pivotal key near term resistance. A settlement above that point will produce a run to the $101.00 region. However, closing above that pivot is critical”. Subsequently, the highest close since that writing- last six trading days has been $96.66. As can be viewed in the chart, our proprietary red resistance line continues to cap price action. In addition, our key support at $94.00 held on a daily close basis the entire week as well. The lowest settlement last week was $94.48. That is the reason we always put much more emphasis on the session close as opposed to intraday moves. Use $96.80 pivot this week.