Wednesday, July 12, 2017

Tennis Scoring - Deuce


Darren Grunberg serves as an equity trader with T3 Trading Group, where he specializes in fixed income methods and stocks. In his leisure time, Darren Grunberg enjoys playing a number of sports, including tennis. 

During a game of tennis, the player who scores four points (15, 30, 40, game point) wins the game outright. There is a special scoring system, however, that comes into play when two players are tied at a score of 40-all. This is called deuce, and it follows its own set of rules to determine who wins the game.

When the score is tied at deuce, a player must score two consecutive points to win the game. Whoever scores the first point is said to have “advantage” until he either scores another point, or loses a point to bring the score back to deuce. Play continues at deuce for as long as it takes for a player to score two points in a row.

Friday, March 24, 2017

Hedge Fund Traders Map out Strategies for 2017


A longstanding presence in the New York financial sphere, Darren Grunberg has engaged as equity trader with T3 Trading Group for the past decade. Darren Grunberg’s experience extends to derivatives, equities, and fixed income offerings. 

A recent Bloomberg article focused on strategies employed going forward in 2017 by top-performing hedge funds. With 2016 characterized by outsized returns in the equities and high-yield debt spheres, one shift is toward corporate and energy debt holdings. 

Oil also posted significant gains over the past year and commodities look to be another area of investment growth. One area identified is commodity-related credits, with a discrepancy between public market valuations and private distressed credit-market valuations creating opportunities. 

Another area of focus is on companies that have successfully restructured and now offer positive equity returns potential. These include energy companies that now have positive balance sheets and are positioned to drill in regions with significant resource potential.