Trading

A six-year study of the Financial Times has found that the more frequently a company is mentioned in the newspaper in the morning, the greater the volume of shares traded in that company during the same day.

Millions of previously hidden US stock trades will be revealed for the first time on Monday December 9 thanks to research from a team of academics.

The remainder of 2013 is setting up for further gains and hedge funds are positioned to take advantage of the opportunities. The US economy is expanding steadily and growth will likely accelerate in the 2nd half of the year as fiscal restraint wears off.

All Lyxor Indices ended the month of June in negative territory, worst index performers were the CTA Long Term (?2.64%), the Lyxor Long/Short Equity Market Neutral Index (?2.45%) and the Long/Short Equity Credit Arbitrage Index (?2.40%).

New research suggests that rather than staying cold-bloodied and rational the top fund managers use emotion to choose which stocks to buy.