Monthly Archives: September 2015
The Disappearance of A Top Fund Manager Could Be a Sign That China Is Tightening Its Grip
(The Business Insider) Beijing has tightened its grip on a financial market plagued by irregularities and left reeling from turbulence. The latest effort involves the Chinese hedge fund manager Li Yifei, whose disappearance from public view in the past two […]
Apple Has a Tough Year Ahead
(CNBC) The prospect of slowing iPhone sales later this year limits the upside for Apple’s stock, one tech analyst said Tuesday. In the final quarter of last year, the tech giant sold a record 74.5 million iPhones. With a “really […]
Two Of America’s Biggest Pension Funds Give BOA a Thumbs Down
(The Business Insider) Two of America’s biggest public pension funds — the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (Calpers) and the California State Teachers’ Retirement System (Calstrs) — sent a joint letter on Monday to the bank’s lead director, Jack Bovender. […]
Liquid Alts Perform As Advertised In Volatile Market
New York (HedgeCo.net) – While the market has been climbing for the last six years, the popularity of liquid alternatives has grown tremendously. After the last bear market in 2007-2009, investors were looking for investments that could withstand volatile or […]
HedgeCoVest Versus Market Vectors Indices in August
New York (HedgeCo.net) – August was a rough month for the global stock market as all major indices lost at least 5% on the month and some saw double-digit losses. With that market environment as a backdrop, Market Vectors Index […]
Hedges Ready To Ride Out Stock Turmoil
(Wall Street Journal Interactive) Hedge-fund managers are in a buying mood. Despite getting battered in recent days along with the rest of the investing world, many of these highly paid traders say they are convinced this latest turn will be […]
Hedge Fund Assets Over $3.2 Trillion
New York (HedgeCo.net) – The latest report from Preqin shows that the assets under management for the hedge fund industry now exceed $3.2 trillion. Despite some concerns about hedge fund returns in recent years, the asset growth has come from […]
Hedge Funds Ditch Alibaba For Rival JD.Com
(Bloomberg) Less than a year ago investors were scrambling to pick up shares in Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. when Asia’s largest e-commerce company made its record debut on the New York Stock Exchange. Now sentiment is changing as JD.com Inc., […]
Sovereign Debt: The (Relatively) Good, The Bad and The Ugly
(Harvest) Using Australia, Italy and Greece as case studies, this article looks at the frequently ignored problems building in sovereign debt. To read this article:
Managing Downside Risk With Tail Risk Parity
(Daily Alts) Risk parity is an asset-allocation strategy that determines investment weightings by the amount of “risk” they contribute to the portfolio. Risk parity defines “risk” as volatility, and aims to equalize risk from each asset class across the portfolio. […]
Hedge Funds Extend Sell-Down in Ags, Amid China Worries
(Agrimoney.com) Hedge funds, negotiating the markets sell-off amid China jitters, again struggled to call coffee futures right, making their biggest bearish in shift in history on arabica – only for prices to stage a modest revival. Managed money, a proxy […]
U.S. Fund Managers Want Less Intervention From Chinese Regulators
(Reuters) U.S. fund managers want less involvement from officials in China in the country’s volatile stock markets, even if it means their portfolios take hits in the short run. China’s government has taken aggressive actions to stabilize the country’s plummeting […]