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Commodity trading advisers (CTAs) - funds that try to profit by buying or selling when there is a clear direction in markets - slumped 4.3% in the three days to Monday, according to analysis from UBS. "We have seen certainly on (last) Friday and Monday capitulation trades from hedge funds, so all hedge funds have been short duration positioned and we have heard a lot of desks needed to shut down their risk," said Kaspar Hense, a senior portfolio manager at BlueBay Asset Management. Hedge funds felt this "brutally" in Japanese markets, Hense said, where positioning from hedge funds and CTAs had been particularly "one sided" in anticipation of an end to the Bank of Japan's yield curve control policy. British macro hedge fund manager Crispin Odey's main fund posted a minus 4.7% February performance and is down 3% so far this year, said a note from his hedge fund to clients. Very few macro economic funds tracked by bank research seen by Reuters have reported March numbers.

☆ Hedge funds' Europe stock buying spree unlikely to be maintained -JP Morgan
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-09 | by ( Nell Mackenzie | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

European share prices may have been supported since November by hedge funds covering their short positions, essentially a bet that an asset price will weaken, the bank said, noting that there was less buying of UK equity. Trend funds, or CTAs, which frequently switch their buy and sell positions, have stayed bullish for longer than they usually would in European equities, the note said. As well as closing bearish bets, some hedge funds have added long positions since February, although the bank questioned whether this trend would continue. "The potential for cyclicals to keep getting bought as much as they have lately - by hedge funds at least - also seems unlikely," JP Morgan said. Equity funds, multi-strategy funds and computer led and trend trading were among the hedge funds involved in covering short positions and establishing long positions, it said.

☆ A 40-year stock trader and mathematician who had a 366% return shares her 4 biggest tips, plus the winning strategy she learned from her worst mistake
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-04 | by ( Laila Maidan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Sunny Harris began trading on her own after a fund manager lost a big chunk of her investment. She recommends testing your strategy and rules at least 100 times before using them to make trades. Before Sunny Harris became a stock trader, she was a computer programmer with a master's degree in mathematics. 4 of her biggest takeaway tips to trading the marketHer overarching advice is to develop your own trading strategy. And I lost money three times in a row.

☆ Hedge funds that did best in 2022 could fare worst in 2023 – BNP
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-01 | by ( Nell Mackenzie | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/Brendan McDermidLONDON, March 1 (Reuters) - Trend following hedge funds that outperformed rivals in 2022 will likely underperform this year, according to investors surveyed by BNP Paribas in a report published this week. The global survey of 185 investors in December and January also showed the investor community was undecided on putting money in hedge funds generally, given volatile markets. Almost 30% of investors surveyed increased portfolio allocations to hedge funds in 2022, while more than 20% reduced them. Reuters GraphicsOverall, hedge funds perform better than most other asset classes in an environment of higher inflation and higher interest rates, said Naidoo. "Possibly this might be a catalyst for people to increase their portfolio allocation to hedge funds," he said.

☆ The March stock market outlook as the S&P 500 loses momentum after strong 2023 start
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-01 | by ( Bob Pisani | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

The S & P 500 ended right at the closing low for February, down 2.6%. .SPX 6M mountain S & P 500, 6-months So what's likely to happen in March? On the technical side, not a single sector in the S & P is showing any momentum at all. Even with the decline in February, the S & P 500 is currently trading for nearly 18 times 2023 earnings. Even though February ended on a lousy note, the S & P 500 is still up 3.4% for the year.

☆ I'm a Medium blogger who makes up to $11,000 a month. Here are my top 3 tips for monetizing your content.
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-21 | by ( Sasha Weilbaker | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

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☆ Analysis: Investors seek uncorrelated assets on worries volatility will return
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-10 | by ( Laura Matthews | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

Yet some market participants are convinced the Federal Reserve’s fight against inflation will keep markets volatile and are allocating funds to so-called alternative investments. Those types of returns are not typical, however, and the performance of CTAs has been more muted in less volatile markets. Private markets raised $216.9 billion in 2022, putting assets at $1.4 trillion as at June 2022, from $311 billion in 2010, according to data provider Preqin. A 2023 study from State Street found that 68% of investors plan to increase their allocation to private markets in the next two to three years. "In that environment, stocks and bonds are likely to be more correlated."

☆ Analysis: Hawkish Fed could hobble volatility funds’ stock buying spree
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-01 | by ( Saqib Iqbal Ahmed | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

The S&P 500’s (.SPX) 6.2% surge in January has been accompanied by a drop in measures of volatility across the board. The drop in market gyrations has triggered a buy-signal for certain computer-driven strategies including volatility control funds, risk parity funds and Commodity Trading Advisors (CTAs). Volatility control funds have raised their equity allocation to a nine-month high of 57.7%, strategists at Deutsche Bank wrote on Friday. Grinacoff, of BNP Paribas, estimates volatility control funds have assets of about $275 billion, while CTAs, not all of which have a volatility control strategy, as a group have $800 billion allocated across strategies. "Market volatility measured by VIX remains stuck above the 18 level, which is its long-term average.

☆ Europe's stellar stocks and bonds rally has gone too far - Amundi
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-25 | by ( Naomi Rovnick | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

REUTERS/Benoit Tessier/IllustrationLONDON, Jan 25 (Reuters) - A blazing rally in European stocks and government bonds has gone too far, the chief investment officer of the region's largest asset manager said on Wednesday, warning that markets are ignoring the possibility of euro zone rates going as high as 4%. MSCI's broad index of European shares outside the UK (.dMIEU00000PUS) is up 8.8% so far in January. "We could expect a consolidation of 15% to 20% from current levels," on European equity indices, Mortier said. "These kinds of processes are very powerful and work well until something breaks, and that's why we don't want to participate [in the rally]," Mortier said. Continued ECB rate rises after the U.S. Federal Reserve pauses its hiking cycle could see the dollar weaken further, he said.

☆ Housing slump to continue but some hopeful signs ahead
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-18 | by ( Paul R. La Monica | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

While that’s already had a negative impact on the housing market, we’ll get more details this week about how much worse the damage has become. A long list of housing data is on tap. On Tuesday the US Census Bureau will report housing starts and building permits figures for November, followed by Friday’s release of new home sales data for the same month. Housing market was frothy, but not a bubbleOthers in the industry are cautiously optimistic as well. That all amounts to a few good reasons why the housing market could avoid a severe and prolonged slump.

☆ Markets close out the week lower, as investors brace themselves for more rate hikes next year
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-16 | by ( Zev Fima | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

But what irked markets was Fed Chair Jerome Powell's indication the Fed could continue to raise rates for longer to bring inflation under control. The S & P 500 lost around 2.25% for the week, closing out Friday down more than 1%. Under the hood, the consumer discretionary sector led to the downside this week, followed by financials and technology. Initial jobless claims for the week ending Dec. 10 came in at 211,000, a decrease of 20,000 from the prior week and below expectations of 232,000. As a subscriber to the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer, you will receive a trade alert before Jim makes a trade.

☆ 'Huge regime shift': Active managers see boost from the energy trade
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-13 | by ( Noah Sheidlower | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

He co-runs the iMGP DBi Managed Futures Strategy ETF , which is up 24% so far this year. And right now we're in the middle of a huge regime shift," the firm's managing member told CNBC's "ETF Edge" last week. "The modern term is managed futures. "In regulatory land, futures contracts are often treated as commodities, but we call them managed futures." Beer's strategy uses long and short futures contracts in an attempt to mimic returns.

☆ Goldman says these 'attractive stocks' still have more room to run
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-05 | by ( Michael Bloom | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

Graphic Packaging Holding "Unique defensive growth at a discount," Goldman said recently of the commercial packaging materials company. Shares of Graphic Packaging are up almost 17% this year, and analyst Adam Samuelson said the stock remains attractive and compelling. Samuelson said Graphic Packaging is underappreciated by investors in that it's differentiated itself from competitors with its strong mix of cash flow and compounding earnings. Graphic Packaging is also a beneficiary of what Samuelson calls a "$12.5 billion market opportunity" as businesses and consumers shift from plastic to paper. Cintas "Healthy F1Q results, with attractive and resilient growth outlook for uniform rentals driven by pricing and no-programmer market.

☆ Premarket stocks: Is the bitcoin winter beginning to thaw out?
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-28 | by ( Nicole Goodkind | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

But signs of a thaw, spurred on by global currency chaos, are beginning to appear. The gains gave crypto bulls hope that bitcoin was becoming a safe haven asset, or one that acts as a hedge when stocks are falling. Then, around midday, the dollar grew in strength and bitcoin came crashing down again, wiping out all of its recent gains. But all assets are suffering, bitcoin isn’t in this alone.”The silver lining: But even as bitcoin prices fall, investors see signs of a bottom. The central bank is also considering the launch of a Central Bank Digital Currency, which is essentially a digital version of the dollar.

☆ Stocks week ahead: Intel is the Dow's biggest loser
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-25 | by ( Paul R. La Monica | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Shares of Intel (INTC) are down more than 45% this year, making it the biggest dog of the Dow. Intel (INTC) is struggling despite well-publicized plans to build more plants in the United States and hire more at home. To be fair, Intel is not the only chip company that’s having a tough time this year. But longer-term, I think Intel will right the ship,” said Jeff Travis, portfolio manager of Oak Associates Funds. Travis does think that semiconductor stocks are still a good “secular growth industry” and that valuations are now attractive given how sharply the stocks have fallen.

Stocks took a beating this week as the Federal Reserve raised interest rates by another 75 basis points, the third consecutive hike of that magnitude. It wasn't the rate move — which was anticipated by the market — but Fed Chair Jerome Powell's hawkish comments on Wednesday that hurt stocks. It was the fifth losing week out of the last six for all the major stock averages, capped by another painful drop on Friday. Also Wednesday, the Federal Reserve raised the federal funds rate by another 75 basis points while maintaining its hawkish tone. ET: Personal Spending and Income (See here for a full list of the stocks in Jim Cramer's Charitable Trust is long.)

☆ CNAS organizează tratamentul balneosanatorial persoanelor asigurate și veteranilor
▼ + stars: | 2021-07-08 | by ( ) www.zdg.md time to read: +2 min

Conform Legii bugetului asigurărilor sociale de stat pe anul 2021 nr.255/2020, pentru restabilirea sănătăţii prin tratament balneosanatorial a persoanelor asigurate sunt alocate mijloace în sumă de 30,0 mln. lei din contul bugetului asigurărilor sociale de stat și 57,4 mln. lei din contul bugetului de stat pentru recuperarea sănătăţii persoanelor îndreptăţite prin Legea cu privire la veterani nr.190/2003. Pentru persoanele angajate în câmpul muncii, în anul curent au fost procurate 5241 bilete în sumă de 29,8 mln. Pentru recuperarea sănătăţii veteranilor au fost procurate 7699 bilete în sumă de 54,6 mln.

Persons: Vodă Organizations: Naţională, Asigurări Sociale, Confederația Națională a Sindicatelor Locations: Chişinău, Moldova, Cocieri, Dubăsari, Vadul, Nufărul, Cahul, Hîrjauca, Călăraşi, Sergheevca, Camenca, Republicii Moldova

☆ Peste 80 de milioane de lei, alocate veteranilor și persoanelor asigurate pentru tratamente balneosanatoriale
▼ + stars: | 2021-07-07 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +2 min

Casa Națională de Asigurări Sociale (CNAS) organizează tratamentul balneosanatorial al persoanelor asigurate și veteranilor. Conform Legii bugetului asigurărilor sociale de stat pe anul 2021 nr. 255/2020, pentru restabilirea sănătăţii prin tratament balneosanatorial a persoanelor asigurate sunt alocate mijloace în sumă de 30,0 milioane de lei din contul bugetului asigurărilor sociale de stat și 57,4 milioane de lei din contul bugetului de stat pentru recuperarea sănătăţii persoanelor îndreptăţite prin Legea cu privire la veterani nr.190/2003. Pentru persoanele angajate în câmpul muncii, în anul curent au fost procurate 5 241 bilete în sumă de 29,8 milioane de lei. Pentru recuperarea sănătăţii veteranilor au fost procurate 7 699 bilete în sumă de 54,6 milioane de lei care au fost transmise spre repartizare beneficiarilor prin intermediul CTAS.

Persons: Vodă Organizations: Națională de Asigurări Sociale, Naţională, Asigurări Sociale, Confederația Națională a Sindicatelor Locations: Chişinău, Moldova, Cocieri, Dubăsari, Vadul, Nufărul, Cahul, Hîrjauca, Călăraşi, Sergheevca, Camenca, Republicii Moldova

☆ CNAS susține că a alocat din buget peste 80 de milioane de lei pentru a organiza tratament sanatorial pentru veterani și persoanele asigurate
▼ + stars: | 2021-07-06 | by ( Buzdugan Loredana | ) www.zdg.md time to read: +2 min

Din numărul total al biletelor procurate în anul curent, 86% (11 146 bilete) le revin sanatoriilor situate pe teritoriul Republicii Moldova. Pentru persoanele angajate în câmpul muncii, în anul curent au fost procurate 5 241 bilete în sumă de 29,8 mln. Dintre acestea, 2 412 bilete au fost transmise spre repartizare de către Confederația Națională a Sindicatelor din Moldova, iar 2 829 bilete au fost transmise spre repartizare beneficiarilor prin intermediul Caselor Teritoriale de Asigurări Sociale (CTAS). Pentru recuperarea sănătăţii veteranilor au fost procurate 7 699 bilete în sumă de 54,6 mln. lei care au fost transmise spre repartizare beneficiarilor prin intermediul CTAS.

☆ Pensia pentru limită de vârstă. Răspunsuri la întrebările adresate de cititori
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-26 | by ( ) www.zdg.md time to read: +9 min

După publicarea articolului „Pensia pentru limită de vârstă. Din cauza pandemiei, o persoană stabilită peste hotare nu a reușit să depună cererea pentru stabilirea pensiei pentru limită de vârstă. Pensia pentru limită de vârstă se acordă la cererea persoanei care a obţinut dreptul la pensie, a tutorelui sau curatorului acesteia sau a reprezentantului desemnat prin procură. Pensia pentru limită de vârstă se determină prin cumularea stagiului de cotizare realizat pentru perioada până şi după 01.01.1999. Poate o persoană, care are stagiul de cotizare însă nu a atins limita de vârstă să beneficieze de pensia pentru limita de vârstă sau de o altă prestație?

Persons: CNAS Organizations: Casa Națională de Asigurări Sociale Locations: Moldova, CTAS, străinătate, contractant, Cernobîl, 14.07.1999

☆ Indemnizaţia în cazul decesului unuia dintre soţi. Condiții de acordare
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-13 | by ( ) www.zdg.md time to read: +3 min

Indemnizația urmează să fie solicitată în termen de trei ani de la data decesului. În cazul depunerii cererii în luna în care a survenit decesul soţului, indemnizaţia se stabileşte din luna următoare. Cererea pentru stabilirea indemnizaţiei în cazul decesului unuia dintre soţi se depune personal de către soţul supravieţuitor, cu prezentarea documentelor confirmative, la casa teritorială de asigurări sociale (CTAS) de la domiciliul soţului supravieţuitor, unde se înregistrează în mod obligatoriu. Indemnizaţia în cazul decesului unuia dintre soţi, nu se reexaminează şi nu se indexează. Potrivit datelor CNAS, pe parcursul anului 2020 au fost stabilite 775 de indemnizații în cazul decesului unuia dintre soți.

Persons: Indemnizația, CNAS Organizations: de Asigurări Sociale

☆ Сarnetele de muncă vor fi transmise la CTAS pentru a fi scanate
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-02 | by ( ) www.ipn.md time to read: +1 min

Сarnetele de muncă vor fi transmise la CTAS pentru a fi scanatePersoanele fizice care nu sunt beneficiare de pensii și care nu au prezentat până la etapa actuală carnetele de muncă pentru scanare se vor adresa la Casa teritorială de asigurări sociale din raza domiciliului, cu actul de identitate și carnetele de muncă deținute, care conțin înscrieri până la 1 ianuarie 1999. Carnetele de muncă sunt scanate și returnate posesorului în aceeași zi, fiind aplicată ștampila cu mențiunea „Scanat conform Hotărârii Guvernului nr. Potrivit unui comunicat de presă al Casei Naționale de Asigurări Sociale, în perioada 15 mai - 15 decembrie 2018, a fost scanată informația din carnetele de muncă prezentate de către angajatori pentru angajații săi și persoanele care nu sunt beneficiare de pensii. Informația despre activitatea de muncă realizată până la 1 ianuarie 1999, citită conform înscrierilor din carnetele de muncă scanate, este înscrisă în conturile personale de asigurări sociale și, actualmente, se utilizează la stabilirea ajutorului de șomaj și indemnizației de incapacitate temporară de muncă, iar pe viitor se va utiliza și la stabilirea pensiei. Persoanele ale căror carnete de muncă au fost scanate își pot vizualiza datele despre activitatea realizată până la 1 ianuarie 1999, în contul curent de asigurări sociale, prin intermediul sistemului informațional „Acces CPAS".

Organizations: Casei Naționale de Asigurări Sociale

☆ Без очередей и столпотворения: получателей пособий призывают записываться онлайн на приём в кассы соцстрахования
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-21 | by ( Анна Ротарь | ) aif.md time to read: +1 min

0Национальная касса социального страхования (НКСС) напоминает получателям всех социальных пособий, что они могут воспользоваться услугой “Онлайн-запись на приём в территориальную кассу соцстрахования”. Для этого нужно нажать на баннер “Programare online la CTAS” (“Онлайн-запись в CTAS”) на сайте www.cnas.md. Затем нужно выполнить несколько шагов: выбрать офис территориальной кассы социального страхования в соответствии с местом жительства, тип услуги, указать дату рождения, IDNP, фамилию, имя, а также дату и время приёма. Днями приёма пенсионеров являются понедельник, вторник и среда каждой недели, а четверг и пятница предназначены для обслуживания семей с детьми. По любым вопросам, связанным с онлайн-записью на приём в территориальную кассу соцстрахования, интересующиеся могут обратиться в колл-центр НКСС по телефону 022 257 777.

Persons: “ Organizations: Национальная касса социального страхования (НКСС), НКСС

☆ Граждан призывают записываться онлайн на приём в территориальную кассу соцстрахования
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-29 | by ( Анна Ротарь | ) aif.md time to read: +1 min

0Национальная касса социального страхования (НКСС) напоминает, что получатели всех социальных пособий могут воспользоваться услугой “Онлайн-запись на приём в территориальную кассу соцстрахования”. Для этого нужно нажать на баннер “Programare online la CTAS” (“Онлайн-запись в CTAS”) на сайте www.cnas.md. Для этого нужно выбрать офис территориальной кассы социального страхования в соответствии с местом жительства, тип услуги, указать свою дату рождения, IDNP, фамилию, имя, а также дату и время приёма. Днями приёма пенсионеров в территориальную кассу соцстрахования являются понедельник, вторник и среда каждой недели. По любым вопросам, связанным с онлайн-записью на приём в территориальную кассу соцстрахования и другими услугами, предоставляемыми территориальными кассами социального страхования, интересующиеся могут обратиться в колл-центр НКСС по телефону 022 257 777.

Persons: “ Organizations: Национальная касса социального страхования (НКСС), НКСС

☆ VIDEO/Cum poți verifica dacă angajatorul a declarat corect veniturile pe care le-ai obținut?
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-11 | by ( ) www.zdg.md time to read: +4 min

Fiecare angajator este obligat să declare la Casa Naţională de Asigurări Sociale (CNAS) veniturile pe care le au angajații săi. Registrul prevede pentru toţi subiecții înregistrării folosirea obligatorie în toate documentele sistemului de asigurări sociale a CPAS. Cum poți vizualiza informația privind veniturile ? De asemenea, informațiile din contul personal de asigurări sociale pot fi oferite de CNAS fiecărui asigurat, prin intermediul structurilor teritoriale. Implementarea pe etape a evidenței individuale în sistemul public de asigurări sociale, cu instituirea registrului de stat al evidenței individuale în sistemul public de asigurări sociale, a început la 1 iunie 2000.

Persons: Olga Organizations: Naţională, Asigurări Sociale, Casa Locations: CNAS, Moldova

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