Stock Research Another Hedge Fund Warns- Basis Capital This Is Just The Beginning!!!!
Wow, its just starting and its not going to stop. Basis Capital is an Australian hedge fund. They run about a billion dollars under management. What you have to keep in mind however is that hedge funds use LEVERAGE, big leverage. The average hedge fund manager in the United States is using 6 times the capital base of the money he is managing, as leverage. In the race for performance or the elusive alpha, some hedge fund managers are pushing the envelope and using as much as 10 times leverage. This can cause serious problems because when leverage goes against you, its DEADLY.
An example is now the latest announcements coming out of Basis Capital. Apparently this hedge fund was invested in the US home loans to investors are less than creditworthy. The hedge fund claims that the collateral in their portfolio is sound, but sound is a matter of judgment. Unfortunately for Basis Capital, the prime broker clearing for the hedge fund doesnt agree with them. The prime broker has re-priced this so-called sound collateral.
What does it mean?
The hedge fund now has to go...
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