tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2335748440449035592.post5444564202881983979..comments2008-09-12T16:38:19.690-04:00TraderMarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06241756200482130281noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2335748440449035592.post-43008487024157954432008-09-12T16:38:00.000-04:002008-09-12T16:38:00.000-04:00I assume short as its a put<BR/><BR/>you can be long/short calls/puts or own an equal amount of puts against a long common position for example<BR/><BR/>You cannot sell puts or calls and derive income as that is considered leverage<BR/><BR/>basically a mutual fund cannot do leverage in any way shape or form, and aside from heavy SEC regulation/scrutiny the lack of leverage and different investor bases are the key differences between the two.TraderMarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06241756200482130281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2335748440449035592.post-78555319462526311322008-09-12T16:20:00.000-04:002008-09-12T16:20:00.000-04:00can a mutual fund employ options?<BR/>if so how would being long a put options be classed? a long or a short?hrs0944http://www.blogger.com/profile/09986838112144909482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2335748440449035592.post-51647427106647160252008-09-12T14:15:00.000-04:002008-09-12T14:15:00.000-04:00nx,<BR/>I broke my triple bottom this week - that sucked<BR/><BR/>I am unclear how I am doing this badly in a week I am 1/3rd cash<BR/><BR/>market, I could go 100% short there are "Prudent bear" type of funds<BR/><BR/>But I'd rather run like a long-short hedge fund so I won't be 100% short of course, plus 99.9% of people don't go looking for short mutual funds.<BR/><BR/>But it would of made for a doozy of a good year with just a few home runs - i.e. Freddie, some restaurants, retail in the fall, obviously a few other financials. This is not the market to be restricted. <BR/><BR/>You just have to explain it in your prospectus so people realize the risk factors i.e. the fund can go to 100% cash, the fund can go to XX% short. <BR/><BR/>I'm not sure what % I'll end up going to because I don't want to be classified as a short mutual fund. If its 49.9% or whatnot per SEC I'll put "could go to 49.9% short"TraderMarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06241756200482130281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2335748440449035592.post-20126900844088882242008-09-12T13:58:00.000-04:002008-09-12T13:58:00.000-04:00quick question since you'll obviously be more familiar with it than i am... what % of a mutual fund portfolio can be short through regulations or whatnot?<BR/><BR/>say if you were running a real fund right now what percentage of the portfolio would be short and how many names would you be short? rough estimates obviouslymarket follyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07691612544809256786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2335748440449035592.post-55369965292057251492008-09-12T13:25:00.000-04:002008-09-12T13:25:00.000-04:00Mark,<BR/><BR/>You need to shore up this fund, and soon! You're slashing thru all the resistance on the Rising Tide Growth Fund chart. Next stop is all the way down to $9.30ish. If you can patch it back together at that point you will possibly be able to work off of a double bottom. Wild how this stuff works, almost spooky! Hang in there, it will get better at some point!nxgstockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05833841974191631472noreply@blogger.com