Today's Exclusives

• Opalesque Exclusive: New research examines quantitative trend following as an equity risk hedge [more]

  Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: New research from Nigol Koulajian founder and CIO, and Paul Czkwianianc, Head of Research at Quest Partners, a New York-based systematic fund, looks at how quantitative trend following could be used

• Opalesque Exclusive: Stratton Street predicts China and Australia currency link will be first of many [more]

  By Beverly Chandler, Opalesque London: May saw China and Australia agree a deal to directly trade the Australian dollar and the renminbi. Andy Seaman, Partner and Portfolio Manager, Stratton Street, explains that this

• Opalesque Roundtable: A $20m hedge fund in Singapore cannot be profitable [more]

  From Komfie Manalo, Opalesque Asia: Starting a hedge fund with $20m or less in capital in Singapore is no longer profitable said Christian Stauffer, founder and CEO of Eurofin Asia Group (EFA). Stauffer was one of the guests in the latest

Today's Other Voices

• 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

• 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

More Other Voices

• 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

• 27. Feb. 2013 | Other Voices: Regulatory change causes increased demand for AML programs [more]

  This article was provided by HedgeOp Compliance, an IMS Group Company. Anti-money laundering (AML) procedures, already in existence, were further enhanced by the US Patriot Act enacted by Congress in 2001 to amend the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), ini

• 21. Feb. 2013 | Other Voices: Regulatory cases - Accident analysis of three regulatory complaints [more]

  This analysis was provided by Zurich-based due diligence service provider SwissAnalytics Ltd. Regulatory Complaints are informative, but often too late Regulatory complaints can usually only serve as an inspection after

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NYMEX - GOLD (June) – Daily

Near Term Trend: Negative
Friday’s Close: $1,447.20 (- $21.40)
UPDATE: Over a month ago, we stated, “Price action should remain under $1,520.00 for the next several months”.
Friday’s downdraft serves as proof this market is struggling to gain its momentum - post the price debacle last month, which was obviously a block of sell orders which initiated the triggering of a massive amount of sell stop orders.