Monthly Archives: September 2015
2 Small-Cap Companies Surging On Hedge Fund Bullishness
(Benzinga) Leon Cooperman, Chairman and CEO of Omega Advisors, disclosed on Friday an increase of more than 48 percent in his exposure to PennyMac. The hedge fund manager, who had last declared holding roughly 2.6 million shares of the Mortgage […]
Everyone Is Asking The Wrong Question About Hedge Fund Performance
(Business Insider) What is a hedge fund anyway? The August market swings made it clear that question is getting harder to answer.Broadly, hedge fund managers are meant to be experts at controlling risk and generating profits, no matter what the […]
Chinese Hedge Funds Set Sights On Commodities as Stock Volumes Dry up
(Business Times) Chinese hedge funds are moving into commodities after Beijing’s steps to tame volatility in equity markets restricted trading activity in stock futures, fund managers said on Thursday. China has unleashed a slew of measures to prop up its […]
Modern Portfolio Theory Needs To Be Modernized
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Modern Portfolio Theory (MPT) has been a successful investment theory over the years. At the heart of MPT is the idea of diversification and the fact that risk can be reduced through a well-diversified portfolio with […]
Chinese Probes Shaking Confidence Of Fund Managers
New York (HedgeCo.net) – As the Shanghai Composite Index continues its volatile ways with a definite downward skew, Chinese authorities have stepped up their investigations as to what is causing the chaotic swings. According to a recent report from Reuters, […]
Small Speculators Reach Extreme Bearish Level On S&P Futures
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Normally we focus on the large speculator group when we look at the commitment of traders (COT) reports, but the recent activity by small speculators in the S&P futures COT report caught our attention. In just […]
Hedge Funds For The Masses
(ABC News) Hedge funds aren’t just for the 1 percent anymore. The mutual-fund industry wants average investors to get into its own version of hedge funds, saying they can offer protection when the stock market is tumbling…. These funds, also […]
Bloomberg Article Questions Worthiness of Hedge Funds
New York (HedgeCo.net) – In an article on Bloomberg yesterday, author Sheelah Kolhatkar asked “Are Hedge Funds Still for Suckers?” The article cited the performance over the last few months mainly and it looked at the performance of well-known funds […]
Appaloosa’s David Tepper Making Noise
New York (HedgeCo.net) – David Tepper, founder and President of Appaloosa Management, was all over the news on Thursday. There were articles from Business Insider, CNBC, Reuters and two from Market Watch. So what was all the news? Interestingly enough, […]
Don’t Be So Quick To Blame This Strategy For Stock Market Volatility
(MarketWatch) Blaming the investment strategy known as risk parity for surging market volatility and the under-performance of some equity funds has become fashionable, but it might stem from a misunderstanding about how the approach works. To read this report:
China Deflation Risks Grow, Foreign Central Banks On Alert
(Reuters) The risk of deflation in China is growing, data suggested on Wednesday, as policymakers tried to reassure markets that the economy can stay on track and state banks were suspected of intervening in offshore markets to bolster the yuan. […]
Global Stock Market Rout Offers Opportunity For M&A Hedge Funds
(Reuters) The sharp falls in global stock markets in August potentially offer hedge funds that decide to bet on the outcome of merger deals a chance to make some juicy returns. A plunge in China’s equity markets last month that […]