Gartman Starts First Hedge Fund Betting on Stocks, Commodities

Will Gartman be more successful than other's with CNBC ties?
(bloomberg.com) Dennis Gartman, an economist and the editor of the Gartman Letter, said he is creating his first hedge fund to speculate on assets including global equities and commodities.

The River Crescent Fund, created Aug. 17, seeks to raise $200 million over the first year, Gartman said today in an interview from Suffolk, Virginia. The fund already includes some “well-known hedge-fund managers,” he said, without identifying them. Gartman has managed guaranteed notes since 2007 and an exchange-traded fund since April in Canada.


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