Today's Exclusives

• Opalesque Exclusive: Stern's Rossbach blasts Elliott's Pernod investment [more]

  Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Activist investor Elliott Management disclosed on Wednesday that it had taken a more than 2.5% stake in the family-backed French spirits company Pernod Ricard. Elliott wants the French drinks company to try to improve its performance via cost cuts and a potential me

• Opalesque Roundtable: CTAs search out new trading ideas [more]

  Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: After several rough years, CTAs are looking new ways of trading beyond trend following, according to delegates at the recent Opalesque Chicago Roundtable. "We see a lot of volatility based programs now," said Jeff Malec, Managing Director at RCM Alternatives

• Vontobel combines two fund selection arms to launch $40.06bn multi asset boutique [more]

  Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Vontobel Asset Management has created a boutique firm merging its multi-asset capabilities and that of Vescore, another of its subsidiaries, which offers now different investment options. The newly-created multi-asset boutique will manage 40bn Swiss francs ($40.06b

• Morgan Stanley raises almost three times initial target for private debt fund [more]

  Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: The New York-based investment bank Morgan Stanley raised $1.4bn, almost three times its initial target. The bank plans to invest in a wide range of asset classes and industries. North Haven Tactical Value Fund seeks to invest in private, long-term and often illiquid

• Hedge fund launches decelerate, but still outpace liquidations in 2018 while fees keep compressing [more]

  Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: For 2018 through 3Q, the number of new hedge fund launches narrowly exceeded liquidations by a margin of 450 to 444, according to the HFR Market Microstructure Report. However, "hedge fund liquidations exceeded launches in 3Q, reversing a four-quarter trend of net g

Today's Other Voices

• Other Voices: How do we solve the public pension fund crisis in the US? Are hedge funds to blame? [more]

  By: Donald A. Steinbrugge, CFA - CEO, Agecroft Partners An article recently published about the grossly underfunded Kentucky State Retirement System suggests that gambling on high fee hedge funds and private equity funds, and the use of placement agents, were primarily to blame. For many readers

More Other Voices

• 13. Nov. 2018 | Other Voices: Alternative data could pose risks for fund managers [more]

  By: Joshua M Newville and Jeffrey Neuburger, Proskauer The WSJ recently published an article detailing how companies are monetizing smartphone location data by s

• 31. Oct. 2018 | Other Voices: How to take advantage of the current market sell-off [more]

  By Alex Gavrish, Etalon Capital Ltd; author of "Story Investing" Alex Gavrish explains

• 18. Oct. 2018 | Other Voices: Does hedge-fund activism really increase shareholder value? [more]

  By: Cydney Posner, Cooley, LLP The public debate about hedge-fund activism has long been informed by academic literature that found increases in shareholder value and operating performance after activist interventions. But do hedge-fund activists actually do any long-term good for the companies

• 12. Oct. 2018 | Other Voices: A new SEC focus on short activism? Activist hedge fund Lemelson Capital charged with unlawful short attack [more]

  By: Lawrence S. Elbaum, Clifford Thau, Patrick Gadson and Sarah C.C. Tishler On September 12, 2018, the Securities and Exchange Commission charged hedge fund, Lemelson Capital and its adviser, Gregory Lemelson, with perpetrating an unlawful short attack on Ligand Pharmaceuticals. The SEC's compl

• 04. Oct. 2018 | Other Voices: BVI passes new limited partnership act [more]

  By: Trident Trust The BVI has modernised its partnerships regime with the enactment of a new Limited Partnership Act, 2017 and Limited Partnership Regulations, 2018, both of which entered into force on 11 January 2018. A key feature of the new regime is that it allows limited partnerships t

• 18. Sep. 2018 | Other Voices: SEC releases guidance...about guidance [more]

  By: Cydney Posner, Cooley LLP SEC Chair Jay Clayton issued a statement intended to make clear the importance of the distinction between SEC rules and regulations-which are adopted in accordance with the APA, have the effect of law and are enforceable by the SEC-and staff guidance, such as the CD

• 22. Aug. 2018 | Other Voices: CFTC and NFA make changes on position limits, virtual currency [more]

  By: Cary J. Meer, Lawrence B. Patent and Evan Glover, K&L Gates The CFTC and NFA have recently announced changes to their regulatory frameworks that could impact traders and fund managers. The CFTC is proposing to permit increased trading in security futures products. Separately, NFA has adopte

• 08. Aug. 2018 | Other Voices: The four dimensions of the hedge funds arms race for Alpha [more]

  From Don Steinbrugge, Agecroft Partners: It is no secret that the vast majority of investors, including hedge funds managers, have underperformed market indices over time. However, some managers have distinguished themselves generating very strong risk adjusted returns. Outperforming an index requir

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ISHARES EUROPE ETF (IEV) – Daily

Currently: Cash Looking to: Buy now; Sell @ $43.01

As of 12/7/18 close: $40.04

UPDATE: Last week, I suggested buying immediately and selling longs at $43.01. I also suggested shorting at $43.30.

European stocks tumbled this week and sliced to new short-term lows. Not good! However, looks like support comes in at $39.68 and $39.12.

Buy at $39.68 and add at $39.12. Honor stops on a close below $39.00 and look to sell following a rally to $42.82.