Hedge funds have been known to move stock prices, sometimes dramatically raising volatility of specific shares. Here are two latest trends on hedge funds’ equity holdings that may have some impact on equity volatility going forward.

Here we go again.  It’s all about Europe.  And now we’re all in wait and see mode on Greece and whether they’ll default and defect and possibly trigger the Lehman …

Jeff Gundlach just wrapped up another conference call and he made some good (and bad) insights.  Here are the key takeaways:

He says Greece is likely to leave the Euro as …

There has been a lot of debate about the end of the “Commodity Supercycle” in recent days. The subject came up along market speculations that a hard landing will take place in China, and that the “miracle” is “over. The premise here is that if the infrastructure development of China is over, then surely the so-called “Commodity Supercycle” is over.

“Sell in May and go away” is strategy that some investors and traders are likely contemplating right now. The adage is based on the historically weaker performance of stocks during the May through October time period. Adherents shift from stocks to cash at the beginning of May and then invest back into stocks at the start of November.

How does one make money on a portfolio of alternative energy companies? Here are a few possible ways such an investment could work:

At times when faced with stressed financial conditions, it is helpful to look through history for periods that bear similarities to the current environment. Obviously no two periods are ever the same, but the period of mid 40s to early 50s in some ways resembles markets of today.

They’re 4% late to the party here, but Goldman is jumping on the bearish bonds bandwagon….probably earlier than most though

Talk about sticking to your guns here – John Hussman still believes the likelihood of recession is very high.  It’s a call that he’s been making for a number of …

There are certain times when the markets just seem to disconnect. Right now that disconnect is between the US dollar, US interest rates and US equities. Since the end of November we have seen a growing disconnect – primarily between equities and other asset classes