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  Long/Short Strategy of Manuel Asensio's Clients. 
After several Asensio clients were identified, investors were stunned to find that they often had large long positions in the stocks he was denouncing as "frauds." It seemed obvious that these hedge funds were both long and short the targeted stocks, with the short position the larger of the two.
Why Asensio never disclosed the long positions is a legitimate question--especially since securities laws require disclosure of all material facts to investors.
One obvious reason is the problem these positions pose for Asensio's M.O. His charges of "fraud" would be difficult to reconcile with a disclosure that he and/or his clients were holding long positions.
www.asensioexposed.com /longshort.htm   (1001 words)

  
 Huey Long Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Long utilized widespread popular dissatisfaction with years of corrupt and unresponsive government to mobilize public support behind his election as Governor of Louisiana in 1928.
Long proceeded to form the Share Our Wealth Society, a program calling for a radical redistribution of wealth in America to be achieved through the confiscation of large fortunes.
Long announced that he would challenge Roosevelt for the Democratic nomination in 1936 and, if he was unsuccessful, would run on a third party ticket.
www.utm.edu /~zachry/festival.html/hueylong.html   (626 words)

  
 Research
Long positions are taken in securities that are predicted to have increases in earnings performance and short positions are taken in securities that are predicted to have decreases in earnings performance.
Long positions are taken in securities that are being accumulated by sophisticated investors and short positions are taken in securities that are being unloaded by sophisticated investors.
Long positions are taken in securities of firms that have recently retired capital and short positions are taken in securities of firms that have recently issued new capital.
www.alphaseeker.com /research.htm   (345 words)

  
 albawaba.com middle east news information::EUR/USD And USD/CHF Call For Dollar Strength
Total positioning is 38 percent stronger with long positions up by 89 percent but short positions down by 13 percent.
Total positioning is unchanged as short positions rise by 78 percent and long positions fall by 37 percent.
Total positioning is up by 21 percent as long positions rise by 18 percent and short positions rise by 22 percent.
www.menareport.com /en/business,forex/203235   (381 words)

  
 albawaba.com middle east news information::More gains in USD/JPY could be limited as the ratio grows less net short
Total positioning is up by 21.9 percent as long positions rise by 38.3 percent and short positions increase by 5.5 percent.
Short positions are down by 36 percent while long positions are up by 78 percent bringing total positioning 12.9 percent lower.
Total positioning is down by 12.5 percent as long positions rise by 14.4 percent and short positions fall by 26.3 percent.
www.albawaba.com /en/business,forex/202906   (414 words)

  
 Jacobs Levy - Long-Short
By balancing long positions in equities with short positions of roughly equal dollar amount and market sensitivity, it is possible to construct a portfolio whose return is neutralized against overall market moves.
When long and short positions are chosen simultaneously, however, in an integrated optimization, the result is a single portfolio that is not constrained by index weights.
Long and short positions can be combined in market-neutral or "equitized" portfolios; a market-neutral portfolio's performance is independent of underlying market moves, while an equitized portfolio retains exposure to the market.
www.jacobslevy.com /ls.htm   (2177 words)

  
 Long-Term Capital Management
The reason was that virtually all of the leveraged Treasury bond investors had similar positions: Salomon Brothers, Merrill Lynch, the III Fund (a fixed-income hedge fund that also failed as a result of the crisis) and likely others.
Liquid securities are assigned a positive exposure to the liquidity factor; illiquid securities are assigned a negative exposure to the liquidity factor.
Using this approach, LTCM might have classified most of its long positions as illiquid and most of its short positions as liquid, thus having a notional exposure to the liquidity factor equal to twice its total balance sheet.
www.erisk.com /Learning/CaseStudies/Long-TermCapitalManagemen.asp   (2627 words)

  
 Long Term Care Careers - Find a Job
A number of entry-level positions are available in the long term care field that require no previous health care experience.
In addition, the Massachusetts Long Term Care Foundation - the nonprofit education arm of the Massachusetts Extended Care Federation -- sponsors a Scholarship Program to assist long term care staff in meeting their career goals.
Rehabilitation aides are certified nursing assistants who work under the supervision of a licensed therapist to assist elderly and disabled individuals in regaining their strength and function after an illness or operation.
www.longtermcarecareers.org /find.php   (566 words)

  
 albawaba.com middle east news information::Evidence of Thin Pre-Holiday Trading in EUR/USD as Positions Drop to the ...
Short positions are up 26 percent while long positions are down by 23 percent bringing total positions 11 higher.
Total positions have fallen off slightly by 2.4 percent as long positions increase by 18 percent while short positions decrease by 28 percent.
Positions remain relatively unchanged, down by only 1.8 percent as long positions fall by 10 percent and short positions rise by 3 percent.
www.albawaba.com /en/business,forex/202591   (586 words)

  
 Short Sale   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Such holdings are referred to, respectively, as a short position and a long position in the security A long position benefits from an increase in the security's price.
If the long and short positions are for equal numbers of shares, the long-short position exposes the speculator to the spread between the price of the long stock and that of the short stock.
The long party is the one for whom the derivative creates a long exposure in the underlier.
www.riskglossary.com /articles/short_sale.htm   (1188 words)

  
 Shatterfield :: What is The Commitments of Traders
Since the number of long positions and the number of short positions is identical, adding the number of Non-Commercial spreading positions (28,545) to the total of either side (416,980) will result in the total Open Interest (445,525) for the commodity as of that date.
The majority of the time the Commercials are either positioned against the trend (for example, by holding mostly long positions when the market is declining), or by moving their positions against the direction of the trend.
By observing which positions each group is taking at any particular time, a trader has the ability to watch the buildup of positions by any particular group, and therefore has another tool to anticipate price movement.
www.shatterfield.com /cot.whatis.php   (1375 words)

  
 Jacobs Levy - Portfolio Optimization Including Short Positions
As we researched the idea of using short positions in conjunction with long positions in a portfolio framework, we soon realized the real benefits of this approach emerge only if one employs a single "integrated optimization" that considers long positions and short positions simultaneously.
Rather, it is a one-portfolio strategy in which the long and short positions are determined jointly within an optimization that takes into account the expected returns of the individual securities, the standard deviation of those returns, and the correlations between them, as well as the investor's tolerance for risk.
The benefits of combining short positions with long positions in a portfolio context, however, depend critically on the way the portfolio is constructed.
www.jacobslevy.com /po.htm   (1112 words)

  
 Trading Short Bearish Positions
But unless you have a long term horizon, and are willing to wait for those big declines (bear markets), you are more likely to underperform a strategy that takes "only" bullish positions.
Bearish positions are riskier than bullish positions because the markets trend higher for longer periods of time than they decline.
Yes, bearish positions do result in large gains during bear markets such as we experienced in 2000-2002, but such declines are not every day occurrences.
www.fibtimer.com /about/using_short_positions.asp   (1005 words)

  
 albawaba.com middle east news information::Cable Traders Add To Long Positions
Traders are the longest they have been and the difference in positioning between speculators and commercials is also the longest it has ever been.
The difference between speculative and commercial positioning is nearing extreme levels (71st percentile when measured against the last 52 weeks).
AUD: Positioning remains extreme, as specs added to long positions for the 7th time in the last 8 weeks.
www.menareport.com /en/business,forex/202172   (425 words)

  
 FSU Editorial: "The Phantom Cartel" by Zorro 02/26/2006   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
With their massive short positions, the only thing they could have possibly done was to begin covering those positions, but this move results in what is called a short squeeze, which also causes prices to rise.
One is to continue adding to their short positions and sell more gold; the other is to convince the small segment of Commercial longs to sell out of their positions.
The fact is, in less than 5 days, the Commercials decreased their short positions by 34,132 contracts and increased their long positions by 14,554 contracts.
www.financialsense.com /fsu/editorials/2006/0226b.html   (1520 words)

  
 International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity - Singapore
Netting of positions is allowed only if they have the same maturity, are against the same counterparty, and a master netting agreement is in place.
In cases of large positions vis-à-vis institutions headquartered in the reporting country, in instruments other than deposits or securities, they should be reported as separate items.
Where applicable, the notional value of nondeliverable forward positions should be shown in the same format as for the nominal value of deliverable forwards/futures in Section II.
www.imf.org /external/np/sta/ir/sgp/eng/cursgp.htm   (999 words)

  
 INVESTools Currency Trader   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Total positions fell 6% with long positions declining by 31% and short positions rising by 40%.
Long positions increased a whopping 73% to a four month high while short positions fell 44% to levels not seen in close to a year.
For as long as the ratio continues to remain net long, the bias is for more weakness in USD/CHF.
www.investoolsct.com /articlesdetail.asp?Id=4674   (579 words)

  
 NCHCFA
Job openings for entry-level positions, especially nurse aides, are available in virtually all long term care facilities across North Carolina.
Housekeeping/Laundry Aide - This is the entry-level position critical to ensuring the cleanliness and comfort of long term care facility residents.
Rehabilitation aides are nurse aides who work under the supervision of a licensed therapist, or under the supervision of a registered nurse who works closely with the therapist, to assist elderly and disabled individuals in regaining their strength and function after an illness or operation.
www.nchcfa.org /careers.asp   (560 words)

  
 Dummies::Developing Strategies for Trading Stock
You may take new positions during a bullish transition, but the situation is not urgent, so you can be selective.
Your open positions are likely to hit their stops and be closed, but for the ones that remain, tighten your stops and exit any existing long positions at the first sign of trouble.
Confirm that new and existing short positions are the worst performing stocks in the worst performing sectors.
www.dummies.com /WileyCDA/DummiesArticle/id-2664.html   (782 words)

  
 Gold COT Charts
As we can see on the accompanying COT chart, the sheep are permanently net long, which is pretty dumb when you stop to think about it, and compound their stupidity by having the largest long positions at market peaks.
The net long positions of the oxen build up to a huge level as the market approaches a peak, and then ebb away to a low level as the market approaches a bottom.
At market peaks the sheep and oxen, especially the latter, hold a high level of long positions, and the wolves hold a large number of short positions, consequently the line is at a high level, as was the case when it peaked last November.
news.goldseek.com /CliveMaund/1117122480.php   (1219 words)

  
 Effective Stock trading tips
Here the goal is to match long positions with short positions in such a way that it eliminates some risk.
Over a long term, markets tend to go up; but in between we may have years like 2000 and 2001 that are hard to live by.
For say 1 million dollars in long positions, we may have 500,000 (if we are bullish) in shorts or 1.5 m (if we are bearish) worth of short positions.
jayesh.profitfromprices.com /InvLongShort.htm   (2017 words)

  
 Directional Trading Strategies (Long/Short, Global Macro)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
A dedicated long or dedicated short strategy is, respectively, one of exclusively taking long positions or exclusively taking short positions.
A fund with a dedicated long bias is similar, but it always maintains a net long exposure to the market.
The strategy should not be confused with a market neutral strategy that combines long and short positions to achieve zero net market exposure.
www.contingencyanalysis.com /glossary/articles/directional_strategy.htm   (953 words)

  
 Forex Trading commentary for forex traders - 10112005-46331.cfm
Commercial positioning remains net long as large traders increased their long exposure in the sterling by another 23,153 contracts, while reducing their shorts by 1,263 contracts, with commercial net longs totaling 18,967 contracts, thus creating a possibility that banks and other institutions expect 1.7500 handle to be a temporary bottom.
Commercials remained undeterred as they long the contract with overall net long climbing to 61,096 contracts, thus establishing a view that the Swiss Franc is ripe for a short squeeze with large institutions running the squeeze.
Commercials continued to build their net long positions with 69,565 net long commercial contracts outstanding as large institutional traders most likely expect the pair to test the 115.00 handle.
www.tradingmarkets.com /.site/forex/commentary/10112005-46331.cfm   (924 words)

  
 A look at long-short mutuals
If the managers think the stock market is going up, they might increase their long positions and reduce their short positions.
That said, if a fund's long and short picks both turn out badly, it could have a miserable year no matter what happens in the market.
Although Morningstar provides extensive information on a fund's long position, it does not show how much a long-short fund has sold short, nor does it show individual short positions.
www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/03/05/BUG52HI5RQ1.DTL   (1618 words)

  
 Long Island Press: Long Island Newspaper, News, Entertainment, Real Estate, Classifieds, Automotive, Weddings, Business ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Short positions are effectively bets against a currency, so when dealers cover these bets, they buy the currency back.
Long positions are effectively bets it will strengthen.
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www.longislandpress.com /reuters/5_ds_92779.php?show=privacy   (645 words)

  
 Long Island Jobs Employment Nassau Suffolk Hamptons Long Island New York   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
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Looking for a position that pays accordingly to my education and work experience.
www.longislandbrowser.com /jobs/looking_for_job/february-2006.shtml   (810 words)

  
 Build long-term positions in Uranium stocks
Uranium moves in long cycles; the last boom was more than 20 years ago, and it’s only recently come off a period of de-stocking after the Cold War, which saw extraordinary secondary supplies hit the market.
In 1979, at the peak of the last boom, there were more than 100,000 holes drilled looking for uranium; during the past 20 years, annual drilling has never exceeded 10,000.
This, then, is a good time to be building long-term positions in uranium investments, but also time to be selective.
www.thebullandbear.com /articles/2005/1005-uranium.html   (1408 words)

  
 Forex Day Trader Blog - Forex Volume   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
I've heard differing opinions on whether the COT report is actually useful except in instances where there is data that suggests that there is extreme positioning in a currency.
You can see that the number of short positions (in red) are at an extreme level, a level higher than at anytime during the past year.
These positions are given for 3 groups of traders, hedgers, big traders, and small traders.
www.forexproject.com /tag/Forex_Volume   (1142 words)

  
 Tour The Shortex Market Letter
I Outlook I Indicators I Long Positions I Short Positions I PDF/Email I Performance I Archives I Free Issue I Subscribe
This section provides constructive advice regarding specific Long positions you should take in order to find success in the market.
The 7 long positions are stable and rigorously researched, providing useful near term and intermediate objectives, and stop loss.
www.shortex.com /tour/long.html   (158 words)

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