quei cattivoni degli 'speculatori'..

[ramirez]

questo non ve lo diranno mai. Che gli speculatori guadagnano
ve lo racconteranno sempre...che prendono batoste, mai.
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In hedge fund circles, one of the most popular – and profitable – trades in the early part of the year resulted from shorting the euro and taking long bets against Asian and Latin American currencies and equities.
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That was until May. Early last month many of these bets started to go awry as eurozone sovereign debt concerns spread around the globe, sending equity markets and growth-oriented currencies such as the Australian dollar tumbling.

This unwelcome volatility saw hedge funds and other investors rushing for the exits from strategic “carry trade” or “differentiation trade” bets.

Some of the world’s largest macro funds are now counting the cost. Moore Capital’s $14bn macro fund, for example, saw its Moore global fund lose 7.7 per cent over the first three weeks in May. Many Asian-focused managers suffered even larger losses