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Goodbye and Good luck

Tom Augenthaler — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 19:10:13 +0000

As you have noticed, we have not been publishing much in the last 9 months. Quite frankly, we don’t think we can be blamed. The financial system has lost all credibility with the scandals, implosions, bail outs and what not. Therefore, we are done. We will not be posting any longer and we will not [...]

5 Tips to Emailing Busy People (read:Investors)

Tom Augenthaler — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 02:44:44 +0000

I have had the pleasure of meeting Tim Ferriss, author of the NYT best seller The 4 Hour Work Week, on a number of occaisons. Each time I came away impressed. Not only is Tim an approachable, humble guy, but he has incredible focus and makes insightful observations about how people can be more effective in [...]

Start Up Hedge Funds: 3 Tips to Raise Investment Capital

Tom Augenthaler — Tue, 27 May 2008 03:08:52 +0000

For most start up managers, the most difficult part of starting a hedge fund is raising investment capital. I’m hoping you have read our previous posts about how to start the hedge fund. Without a sound foundation for your business, it won’t matter how much investment capital you raise if your business is plagued with [...]

Start Up Managers: If at First You Don’t Succeed …

Tom Augenthaler — Tue, 13 May 2008 12:34:06 +0000

An interesting article in yesterday’s Wall Street Journal pointed out that some hedge fund managers who start up and fail have an easier time raising capital than those who never attract such attention. In particular, the article highlights the rise and fall of Jeff Larson and his Sowood Capital Management firm. So, let me get this straight … [...]

Weekly Economic & Investment Recap: 5.2.08

Tom Augenthaler — Mon, 05 May 2008 03:40:52 +0000

And That’s The Week That Was, the Brounes & Associates market/economic commentary for the week ended May 2, 2008. Wow. Talk about a busy week. With Exxon-Mobil experiencing the second best corporate quarter EVER (and still disappointing investors), earnings season moved closer to completion and the results have not been half-bad (at least, not as bad [...]

Hedge Fund Launch.com Sees Rocky Road for Start-Up Hedge Funds in Months Ahead

Tom Augenthaler — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 12:35:26 +0000

Chicago, IL (PRWEB) April 22, 2008 — Hedge Fund Launch.com sees a difficult environment for start up and emerging hedge funds over the next several months. Fall out from the U.S. credit crisis, losses from “blue chip” hedge funds and a slowing economy have caused many allocations to hedge funds to cease. Hedge Fund Launch.com [...]

Hedge Fund/PE Basketball Game; Entire Event Raises Over $700K for NYC Youth

Tom Augenthaler — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 14:52:06 +0000

This is good stuff and the kind of thing the mainstream press should note about the hedge fund industry: there is a lot of philanthropy and generosity! Last night, corporate sponsors, New York Knicks alumni and NYC high school basketball players came together for a night of basketball at the 2008 11th Annual Net Gain Tournament [...]

Weekly Economic & Investment Recap: 4.18.08

Tom Augenthaler — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 14:35:39 +0000

Attached/linked please find And That’s The Week That Was, the Brounes & Associates market/economic commentary for the week ended April 18, 2008. Enough with the negativity. No more “gloom and doom”.It’s time for a newattitude. Bring back the bulls. Apparently folks simply have had enough (at least, for one week that is). While this week’s [...]

New Family Office Association Launches

Tom Augenthaler — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:07:58 +0000

If you have your own family office or you work for one, I think you should take notice of this new association. Not only is it very timely, I think their web site is very informative and well laid out. In corresponding with the founder and CEO, Angelo Robles, he let me know that The [...]

Weekly Investmtent & Economic Recap: 4.11.08

Tom Augenthaler — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 15:26:18 +0000

Attached/linked please find And That’s The Week That Was, the Brounes & Associates market/economic commentary for the week ended April 11, 2008. Welcome to 1st quarter 2008 earnings season and consider yourself warned by Thomson Financial (and virtually everyone else) not to expect much. (And with those low expectations, Alcoa, UPS, and GE did not [...]