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    STOCHASTIC EFFICIENCY ANALYSIS OF ALTERNATIVE BASIC MAIZE MARKETING STRATEGIES

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    The use of modern marketing strategies to minimize risk exposure is not a widely adopted practice under maize producers. The producers tend to use high risk strategies which include the selling of the crop on the cash market after harvested; while the current market requires innovative strategies including the use of Futures and Options as traded on SAFEX. However, due to a lack of interest and knowledge of producers understanding of modern, complicated strategies the study illustrates by using a SERF and CDF that the use of three basic strategies namely a Put-, Twelve-segment-, Three-segment- can be more rewarding. These strategies can be adopted by farmers without an in-depth understanding of the market and market-signals. The results obtained from the study illustrates that producers who tend to be more risk neutral would prefer using the Twelve-segment- or Spot-strategy while a risk averse producer would prefer the Three-segment-, or Put-strategy. It also indicates that no strategy can be labelled as the all-time best and that the choice between strategies depends on risk adverse characteristics of the producer. The purpose of the study is to prove that the adoption of a basic strategy is better than adopting no strategy at all and to convince producers to reconsider the adoption of modern marketing strategies.Marketing strategies, futures, options, SERF, Crop Production/Industries, Marketing,

    THE FARMER'S GRAIN MARKETING GUIDE

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    Crop Production/Industries, Marketing,

    HOW VIRGINIA DAIRYMEN CAN MANAGE PRICE RISK

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    Livestock Production/Industries,

    The Need for Market Regulations and Hedge Funds Performance

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    The contemporary crisis has brought into attention the hedge funds activity, with respect to high performance achieved levels, management techniques employed and high professionalism of the management. Being focused on higher returns to the market indices, hedge funds differ substantially to traditional investment funds through the promoted investment strategies. In Europe, prior to the European Parliament’s Directive on Alternative Investment Funds Administrators (November 2010), hedge funds activity has been the subject of many controversial financial discussions. Alternative investment funds, especially hedge funds, private equity funds and venture capital funds have been held responsible to some extent for the global financial crisis. An increased transparency, through a more rigorous control on their activity, applying common regulations for all investment funds operating in the European area, provides the circumstances for increased financial stability and for a limited risk and increased investor protection workframe. This study considers the need for market regulations on hedge funds activity, while analyzing the defining characteristics of adopted investment strategies and their performance. The analysis is performed using the comparison approach in order to compare hedge funds performance to classic investment funds and market indices performance. The analyzed time period is 2000 – 2010, in terms of managed assets and rates of return achieved, benefits and disadvantages in the investment process.Hedge funds, regulations, investment strategies, compared performance
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