Category Archives: hedge-fund-research
Credit Suisse Index Not Down As Much As Others
New York (HedgeCo.net) – The December results for the Credit Suisse Hedge Fund index were released last week and the 2015 numbers for the index weren’t down as much as some other hedge fund indices. For the month of December, […]
Hedge Fund Bets Signal There’s More Pain Ahead for Commodities
(Bloomberg) The commodity meltdown that pushed oil to a 12-year low and copper to the cheapest since 2009 isn’t over yet. At least, that’s how hedge funds see it. Money managers increased their combined net-bearish position across 18 raw materials […]
Hedge Fund Outflows in January Not As Bad As 2015
New York (HedgeCo.net) – After a tough year in 2015, the hedge fund industry was probably expecting outflows in January, but that is a seasonal trend any way. As investors rebalance portfolios and change their allocations, hedge funds usually see […]
Correction On Yesterday’s Email
There was an error in yesterday’s email communication from HedgeCoVest, “Forget About the State of the Union, What About the State of Your Portfolio?” The returns quoted in the article reflected the performance of the eight models from July 1, […]
Bill Ackman Can’t Catch A Break
New York (HedgeCo.net) – After enduring one of his worst years as a hedge fund manager in 2015, Bill Ackman isn’t seeing much of a change to start 2016. Ackman’s Pershing Square Holdings Ltd. Lost 20.5% in 2015 as one […]
Crispin Odey and His Fund are Off to a Fast Start in 2016
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Crispin Odey, like many other fund managers, had a tough time in 2015 and his Odey European fund lost 12.8% last year. But according to a recent article from eFinancialNews, Odey is off to fast start […]
Goldman Issues Outlooks for Stocks, Hedge Funds, High-Yield Debt
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Investment strategists at Goldman Sachs that advise the bank’s wealthiest individual clients issued outlooks for stocks, hedge funds and high-yield debt in their 2016 outlook report and their expectations might surprise you. Bloomberg recently published an […]
Dalio and Bridgewater Associates Experience a Mixed Year in 2015
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Last year created mixed results for the largest hedge fund firm in the world. Bridgewater Associates, founded by Ray Dalio, saw two of its funds gain ground last year, but one of its most prominent funds […]
Chaos in China, One Hedge Fund Manager Dumps Everything
New York (HedgeCo.net) – The year has started as badly as possible for most world stock markets, but China’s market has seen the worst of it as the Shanghai Composite Index is down 11.7% in the first week and two […]
Hedge Fund Asset Growth to Continue According to Outlook
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Institutional investment research firm eVestment recently released their 2016 Hedge Fund Industry Outlook and the firm sees the hedge fund industry continuing to grow. eVestment used data from 2015 as well as industry news and trends […]
Brevan Howard Making News on Two Fronts
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Geneva-based hedge fund firm Brevan Howard made news on two different fronts yesterday. On the one hand you had a story featured in a number of UK-based media outlets that centered on the firm’s profitability and […]
Journal Article Exposes Secondary Level of Research for Hedge Funds
New York (HedgeCo.net) – One man and his company work as consultants to Steven Cohen’s SAC Capital, Daniel Loeb’s Third Point LLC, Richard Perry’s Perry Capital as well as European hedge fund giant Brevan Howard Asset management, and until a […]
