TrimTabs Investment Research

March 2, 2008
The New York Times
The Buck Has Stopped
By Gretchen Morgenson

BEN S. BERNANKE, the Federal Reserve chairman, told Congress last week that fighting off a possible recession in the United States was Job 1 for his crew. But a consumer-led recession has already begun, according to a new index that reflects how much money Americans can actually spend right now.

The new indicator comes courtesy of Charles Biderman, the founder and chief executive of TrimTabs Investment Research, a proprietary research firm in Santa Rosa, Calif. "The big picture is: the amount of money people have to spend, which includes money on real estate transactions, is plummeting, and it started to break down in October," he said. more >>

Sep 4, 2007
Reuters
Lid lifted more on hedge funds with new data
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss

BOSTON, Sept 4 (Reuters) - Investors got their first glimpse at monthly statistics about which types of U.S. hedge funds are pulling money in or giving it back, when a data firm published numbers that analysts say could shape investment choices.

TrimTabs Investment Research, already well-known in the $11.2 trillion mutual fund industry for its weekly snapshots of where investors put their money, moved into the $1.9 trillion hedge fund industry when it published asset flow data for July late on Monday evening. The company teamed with BarclayHedge and said it will release the data 12 times a year.more>>