Today's Exclusives

• Opalesque Roundtable: The Bahamas edges closer to new investment funds regulation [more]

  Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: By the end of this year, investment rules in the Bahamas could look a lot different. Delegates at the recent Opalesque Bahamas Roundtable noted that the government is looking at updates to the Commonwealth's Investment Funds Act. Policymakers in the Baha

• Asia's leading institutional alternative funds platform expands into China with Shanghai Rep Office [more]

  Matthias Knab, Opalesque for New Managers: Gordian Capital today announced the establishment of a Shanghai Representative Office. The "Gordian Capital Limited Shanghai Representative Office" was established to suppo

• Tesla's Callman joins Macquarie [more]

  Opalesque Industry Update - Macquarie Capital, the corporate advisory, capital markets and principal investment arm of Macquarie Group, today announced the appointment of Greg Callman as Senior Managing Director and Global Head of Energy Technology to lead the firm's efforts related to energy storag

• Hedge Funds lose $1.9 billion in April as outflows rise [more]

  Opalesque Industry Update - Hedge fund investors turned cautious in April 2018, according to the Barclay Fund Flow Indicator, even as theequities markets rebounded and volatility began to calm down. Industry assets leveled off at an all-time high of $3.0 trillion. Data drawn from more than 5,000

• Predata hires new head of financial markets [more]

  Opalesque Industry Update - Predata has hired Mars Spencer as VP of Financial Markets. Mars joins the Predata team with 20 years of experience, most recently in institutional trading software and technology sales and business development. In his role, Mars will be responsible for growing the fin

• Marc Lorin joins Coquest Advisors as Director of Strategic Relations [more]

  Opalesque Industry Update - Marc Lorin, a 28-year veteran of the investment management and managed futures industry, has joined Coquest Advisors LLC, a subsidiary of Coquest Inc., as Director of Strategic Relations. In that position, Mr. Lorin will be responsible for developing new business, working

Today's Other Voices

• Other Voices: Not just for banks - changes to Dodd Frank impact private funds [more]

  by Morrison&Foerster LLP On May 24, 2018, President Trump signed into law the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act. While much of the Act was designed to provide smaller financial institutions and community banks with relief from regulations implemented under the 2010

More Exclusives

• 18. Jun. | Opalesque Roundup: Investors keep adding to hedge funds: hedge fund news, week 24 [more]

  In the week ending 15 June, 2018, the SS&C GlobeOp's Capital Movement Index for June 2018 rose 0.52%, reflecting positive net flows. The exclusive "$1bn club" of investors with

• 15. Jun. | Opalesque Roundtable: Bahamas regulators grapple with digital assets [more]

  Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Regulators in the Bahamas are grappling with how to appropriately supervise digital assets and blockchain technologies. Delegates at the recent Opalesque Bahamas Roundtable say the key is not necessarily being the first jurisdiction to regulate but rather to be

• 14. Jun. | Opalesque Roundtable: International developers, investors eye the Bahamas [more]

  Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: The Bahamas have long been a destination for high net worth individuals seeking to manage their wealth offshore. Now as the Commonwealth looks toward expanding its role in the investment industry, the concentration of private wealth already on the ground is goin

• 11. Jun. | Opalesque Roundup: $1.85 trillion Japan behemoth to launch $1.5bn internal hedge fund: hedge fund news, week 23 [more]

  In the week ending 19 January, 2018, Japan Post Bank is set to launch an in-house hedge fund later this year. The creation of the fund, targeted to raise US$1.5 billion, i

• 07. Jun. | Opalesque Roundtable: As investors look to hedge risk, managers warn of drawbacks [more]

  Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: As volatility has returned to the market, investors are looking for ways to hedge their positions. However, delegates at the recent Opalesque UK Roundtable note that hedging can be an expensive proposition and investors should be aware of the potential drawbacks

• 04. Jun. | Opalesque Exclusive: Matthias Knab and Opalesque terminate relationship with Anthony Ritossa and his 'Global Family Office Investment Summits' [more]

  Matthias Knab, Opalesque: Matthias Knab and Opalesque will no longer support the family office conference series hosted by Anthony Ritossa (Ritossa Family Office) called "Global Family Office Investment Summit". Given the differences over the direction of these conferences and other reasons,

• 04. Jun. | Opalesque Roundup: Hedge funds the investment of choice of institutions for rocky markets: hedge fund news, week 22 [more]

  In the week ending 01 June, 2018, Hedge funds may be gaining favour with institutional investors, like endowments and foundations, a poll by NEPC of asset allocators

• 01. Jun. | Opalesque Exclusive: Moody's, Caisse des Dépôts, Kingdom Holding of Saudi Arabia invest in French AI-based predictive analytics firm [more]

  Matthias Knab, Opalesque for New Managers: QuantCube Technology, an AI start-up and provider of macroeconomic and financial predictive analytics based on alternative data, announced today that it has completed a Ser

• 01. Jun. | Opalesque Exclusive: Australian fund of hedge funds expands to New York with new Cayman fund [more]

  Matthias Knab, Opalesque: Leading Australian based fund of hedge fund company, NWQ Capital Management, announced the launch of the Northwest Quadrant Fiduciary Fund (Fund), a Cayman Master/Feeder Structure. The Fund will allow non-Australian investors access to the same investment process and man

• 01. Jun. | Opalesque Exclusive: Crypto Fiat Holdings launches to provide financial services to crypto investors and funds [more]

  Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Crypto Fiat Holdings has launched today with the goal of providing comprehensive financial services to cryptocurrency investors and firms. The organization will will consist of at least six banks and multiple B/Ds, RIAs, and FCMs which will strictly operate in t

• 01. Jun. | Opalesque Exclusive: Social impact investing on the blockchain [more]

  Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York for New Managers: London-based Eterna Capital wants to shape the future of the blockchain ecosystem by supporting companies that have social impact. Launched earlier this month, the

• 01. Jun. | OC Horizon taps the Asian fintech and digital assets market [more]

  Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York for New Managers: Asian investors have been quick to adopt cryptocurrencies. Already used to slick digital payment methods like Alipay and others, the use of digital currency has be

• 31. May. | Opalesque Exclusive: Hunting long-term value in TMT [more]

  Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Tech investors have been laser focused on the momentum around FAANG stocks lately, but one fund manager argues that the real long-term value opportunity in tech can be found by focusing on the sector as a whole not just FAANG. "There is always a diverse

• 31. May. | Opalesque Exclusive: Synchronicity eyes payments revolution through blockchain [more]

  Opalesque New York for New Managers: Michigan-based boutique asset manager Synchronicity has joined the digital assets investment game with a new fund targeting cryptocurrencies, digital tokens and blockchain backed

More Other Voices

• 06. Jun. 2018 | Other Voices: 6 Phrases that hedge funds should never use [more]

  By Sara Grillo, CFA (www.saragrillo.com) I'm sure I'm going to incite the ire of half of Opalesque with this one, but here are 6 most cringe-worthy phrases that hedge fund managers use. These hedge fund phrases are clearly ridiculous and any

• 18. May. 2018 | Other Voices: Reductionism in investing and art [more]

    By Alex Gavrish, Etalon Capital Ltd, author of Story Investing. About a year ago I read an exciting book by Professor Eric Kandel, a Nobel Priz

• 15. May. 2018 | Other Voices: How social media is changing the hedge fund industry [more]

  By: Donald A. Steinbrugge, CFA With more 15,000 competitors, the hedge fund industry is extremely competitive. Many institutional investors are contacted by thousands of managers a year, meeting with a few hundred, have follow up meetings with fifty, and ultimately allocating to two. In t

• 30. Apr. 2018 | Other Voices: New partnership audit rules spell changes for private funds [more]

  By: Marc Finer, Murtha Cullina, LLP New partnership audit rules became effective for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2018. These rules, which are designed to make it easier for the IRS to audit partnerships and collect additional tax liabilities relating to partnership operations, app

• 27. Mar. 2018 | Other Voices: GDPR and asset management [more]

  By: Bruno Fiastre, executive vice president Taliance The arrival of warm weather in the Northern Hemisphere this year will bring with it another change: the General Data Protection regime will come into force. The legislation, which can impact any company with information about citizens of the E

• 23. Mar. 2018 | Other Voices: Hong Kong cracks down on cryptocurrency exchanges [more]

  by Graham Lim and David Law, Jones Day The Situation: Surging interest in digital tokens has caught the attention of regulators in Hong Kong. The Development: Hong Kong's Securities and Futures Commission recently introduced additional regulatory measures, and seven cryptocurrency excha

• 16. Mar. 2018 | Other Voices: The future of energy investment [more]

  By: Enda Fahy, Director of Alternatives, Fundrock The idea of using canaries in coal mines to detect noxious gases is credited to John Scott Haldane. He was known as "the father of oxygen therapy". His research on carbon monoxide led him to recommend using the birds, as they were more sensitive

• 28. Feb. 2018 | Other Voices: Crypto Predictions for 2018 [more]

  By: Daniel Israeli, Barnea 2017 was a significant year for the blockchain industry in general and for cryptocurrencies in particular. The price of bitcoin and other digital currencies rose, and ventures accumulated over $3 billion via initial coin offerings (ICOs). 2018 is expected to be an eq

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NASDAQ 100 CASH INDEX – Monthly

Near Term Trend: Neutral / Bullish

As of 6/15/2018 close: 7255.76

UPDATE: Last week, I suggested selling longs and getting short at 7190.79 with stops above 7200 and with a target to 6,180.

NDX broke to new highs again last week as global institutional money seems to view US large caps as a safe-haven asset class. That lasts until it doesn’t – as they say. I’m concerned that even a shallow pullback on the monthly chart would be 20% lower.

I’d be shorting NDX / proxies near 7190 with stops above 7200 and with a target of 5,832.