FXCM’s Sentiment Aggressive Forex Managed Funds Up Over 25%
September 28, 2007 (PRLEAP.COM) Business News
New York, September 28, 2007 - After a successful launch, FXCM's Sentiment Aggressive Managed Funds are up over 25% in its first two months since inception. (www.fxcm.com).Clients requested a more aggressive and highly leveraged version of FXCM's popular Sentiment Fund, (recently included in the Barclay Group's Traders Indices,) so FXCM introduced its Sentiment Aggressive Fund in July of 2007.** These funds are divided into two strategic components. The first component leverages FXCM's proprietary Speculative Sentiment Index (SSI) which gauges market sentiment to identify break out and trend trading opportunities. This is complemented by an approach that uses sophisticated technical strategies to harvest tops and bottoms in range bound markets.
This type of fund has found favor amongst many investors who are starting to recognize foreign exchange as a viable alternative asset class, worthy of an allocation in any diversified portfolio. The benefits of which can be seen by the performance of the FXCM Sentiment Funds in July and August versus the turmoil most equities and bond funds experienced over the same period.
To view recent performance of this fund please got to: http://www.fxcm.com/managed-funds/managed-funds-terms.jsp
FXCM Facts
• Forex Capital Markets LLC is one of the Largest Forex Dealer Member***
• More than 90,000 live accounts are traded on the FXCM trading platform
• Over $200 billion in notional volume is traded each month on the FXCM trading platform
• FXCM provides customer support with native speakers in more than a dozen languages in 6 offices around the world
Registered with the CFTC as a Futures Commission Merchant, FXCM (Forex Capital Markets LLC) has received numerous awards from the investment community, including Best Currency Broker from Shares, Best Retail Foreign Exchange Platform from FX Week and Best Foreign Exchange Specialist from Technical Analysis of Stocks & Commodities. In addition to currency trading, FXCM offers educational courses on forex trading, and provides research through DailyFX.com.
***In September 2006, FXCM held in excess of $215 million in customer funds out of a total of over $770 million held by Forex Dealer Members. While there are approximately 31 active Forex Dealer Members with liabilities to customers of approximately $795 million, FXCM holds approximately 1 out of every 3 dollars of customer funds held by Forex Dealer Members.
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* Past Performance is not indicative of future results.
** Without proper risk management, this high degree of leverage can lead to large losses as well as gains
***http://www.nfa.futures.org/news/newsProposedRule.asp?ArticleID=1704
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Leveraged foreign exchange trading carries a high level of risk, and may not be suitable for all investors. The possibility exists that you could sustain a loss of some or all of your initial investment and therefore you should not invest money that you cannot afford to lose.
More Information:
Jaclyn Sales
Public Relations Coordinator
FXCM
Financial Square
32 Old Slip, 5th Floor
New York, NY 10005
Dir (646) 432-2463
Tel (212) 897-7660
jsales@fxcm.com