After Quake, Hedge Funds Go Long on Japanese Equities

Advanced Trading – Goldman Sachs employees may be trying to flee their Tokyo digs , but hedge funds apparently can’t get enough of Japan right now.

Prior to the earthquake, hedge funds bet heavily on Japan’s equity markets to falter. Many took out futures contracts to wager the Nikkei 225 – the index for the Tokyo Stock Exchange would fall, prior to the March 11 disaster, according to a report by Dow Jones’ Financial News.

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