Securities Dealing Systems Changes Name to SDS Financial Technologies and Launches New Company Website
New York, NY (ContentDesk) May 23, 2006 -- Securities Dealing Systems, a leading provider of electronic trading solutions and market data, today announced that it has changed its name to SDS Financial Technologies and has launched a new company website www.sdsft.com.
The name change reflects the company's vision and alignment of its business focus to stay ahead of the latest trends and technologies in the global financial technology market. SDS has evolved beyond market data to provide powerful, comprehensive trading and electronic marketplace solutions for hedge funds, institutions and exchanges.More Than Just Market DataSDS vision is to enable financial institutions and hedge funds to have high quality market data and electronic trading solutions to drive their return on investment. SDS plans to focus on delivering innovative and customized information and transaction solutions to corporate clients and financial institutions backed by the SDS reputation for integrity and commitment to their customers."Our new name more accurately reflects our business focus and position within the broader financial technology market," says George Maragos, President of SDS Financial Technologies. "This is more than just a name change.
This move reflects a new focus on the convergence and integration of alternative and electronic trading systems, direct market access and market data."About SDS Financial TechnologiesFounded in 1988, SDS Financial Technologies, Inc.
(www.sdsft.com) is a New York- based, leading provider of electronic trading solutions and market data.
SDS has two offices with data centers with headquarters in downtown Manhattan, as well as a world-class development center in Bangalore, India.
The SDS development team specializes in large, real-time mission-critical systems.
SDS clients include major stock and futures exchanges as well as some of the largest and most successful financial services companies in the world..
MUTUAL FUNDS SNARE THE PUBLIC IN A HIDDEN TAX TRAP!
One among many ways you lose money in non-indexed mutual funds is the tax trap. You may have to pay taxes even when your mutual fund loses money! To many people this is painfully unexpected. Here is how this counter intuitive event occurs. By law, mutual funds do not pay taxes. Instead, they pass on those taxes to you, the shareholder in the mutual fund.
If the fund manager sells a stock for more than it cost the fund a profit is generated. This profit is called a capital gain and it is taxable. Capital gains are taxed at your ordinary income tax rate which is between 28% and 38.6% for most investors if the fund held the stock for less than a year. If the stock was held for more than a year, in other words long term, the tax is 20%. There are a couple of reasons why mutual funds pay taxes.
If the fund does poorly investors will bail out. The mutual fund has to sell off stock to pay the investors who leave. Even if you are not one of the investors jumping ship you will still...
MUTUAL FUNDS SNARE THE PUBLIC IN A HIDDEN TAX TRAP!
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Exchange Traded Funds: Why You Should Never Buy a Mutual Fund Again
Copyright 2006 Equitrend, Inc.
Many investors still don't know about Exchange Traded Funds (or ETFs) and their advantages over traditional mutual funds.
In this article, we'll examine Exchange Traded Funds, their history, performance and advantages and why you should never buy a mutual fund again.
ETF 101
Exchange Traded Funds can most accurately be described as the happy marriage of a stock with a mutual fund.
Like mutual funds, when an investor buys an ETF, he is buying a pool of securities at one time.
For instance, an ETF known as DIA, or "Diamonds." allows the investor to take a position in the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
Like a stock, an ETF can be purchased through a brokerage account, can be traded throughout the day, can be bought on margin and offers stock-like trading features such as limit orders, stop orders and short selling
ETFs come in many different flavors.
They...
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Triumph Investment Master Fund Ranked #1 For the Past 5 Year Time Frame
(ContentDesk) September 8, 2004 -- Nelsons Worlds Best Money Managers ranked Triumph Investment Master Fund # 1 for the past 12 and 20-quarter time frames for the International Balanced Multi-Asset investment class.
In addition The Barclay Group and its subsidiary Global Hedge Source, Ltd. ranked the fund #1 for the past 36-month time frame ending June 30th for fund of hedge funds with under $250MM in assets under management.
Triumph is a strategic multi-strategy, alternative investment fund. Within the fund, there are currently 20 traders and 24 strategies.It is one of the only pools that merge the talents of floor-traders, market makers and "niche" traders who have honed their trading skills and developed their "edge" on the various exchange floors or at "boutique" trading firms.
It has recently caught the attention of the New York Sun and their weekly hedge fund column with an August 23rd article titled, Triumph's Strategy: Making Money a little at a time;...
Triumph Investment Master Fund Ranked #1 For the Past 5 Year Time Frame
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Hedge Fund Advisers Will Continue to Register Despite Court Decision to Strike Down SEC Rule
Copyright 2006 Stephen Furnari
Small, independent hedge funds were given a boost on Friday by a favorable court decision that struck down a controversial rule requiring hedge funds to register with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Notwithstanding the decision, many fund advisers are expected to continue to register voluntarily in order to attract and retain institutional investors.
In 2004, the SEC amended one of the key exemptions fund advisers relied on to avoid registration with the SEC as an investment adviser. Previously, fund managers with fewer than 15 clients were not required to register as an investment adviser.
Under the old rule, each fund the adviser managed was considered a "client", regardless of the number of individual investors in the fund.
In most cases, managers that advised fewer than 15 funds could avoid registration as an investment adviser.
Under the 2004 rule amendment, the SEC changed the...
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7 Things You Need to Know Before You Start Investing...
Copyright 2006 Jason Chew
1. Know your current financial situation. Know you debts level. Calculate your income and expenses by taking into account the following:
Mortgage repayments
Personal tax
Loans and overdrafts
Living expenses
Emergency funds
Car expenses
Entertainment
Holidays
School fees
Credit card debts
Family commitments
Before you start investing your money on any investment products, you should know how much you could spare each month for investment. General rule is that, you should clear your debts first, then save and invest later.
That is to say the more money you put aside now, the better it will be for your future. I would say put aside 10% of your income for rainny days. 10% is a small amount that you won't feel a pinch. Save it until you have managed to build a "dam management funds".
2. Prepare funds for dam management.
This goes...
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