Category Archives: Syndicated
Why Hedge Fund Pain Could Mean Stock Market Gains
(CNBC) Investors are getting caught paddling upstream, and as they turn their bearish boats around, the tide will continue to rise for stocks, argues Tom Lee of Fundstrat Global Advisors.”Investors are offsides right now,” Lee said Friday on CNBC’s “Trading […]
This Hedge Fund Left Decisions to a Computer – and Made 19%
(Bloomberg) For Kyo Yamamoto, leaving investment choices to a computer rather than making his own calls has been the best strategy as unorthodox global monetary policies only worsen market volatility. Right now, the machine says sell Japan government bonds. GCI […]
Hedge Funds’ Leverage Should be Kept in Check – ECB’s Constancio
(Reuters) The amount of leverage taken on by private equity and hedge funds should be kept under control as it has the potential to jeopardise the stability of the European financial system, the European Central Bank’s vice-president said on Monday.”First, […]
Bond Hedge Funds See `Worst Quarter in History,’ Loomis Says
(Bloomberg) It is going to be a really, really bad quarter for some U.S. hedge funds that invest in fixed-income securities, and waning market liquidity has a lot to do with it, according to Dan Fuss, vice chairman of Loomis […]
More Hedge Funds Shuttered Than Opened During 2015 Turmoil
(Bloomberg) Hedge-fund shutdowns outnumbered startups last year for the first time since 2009, according to data firm Hedge Fund Research, as the global industry contracted amid market volatility.In the last quarter, 305 funds closed compared with 257 a year earlier, […]
Pershing Square May Be Cut to Cusp of Junk by S&P on Valeant
(Bloomberg)Pershing Square Holdings Ltd., the publicly traded security of Bill Ackman’s activist hedge fund, may have its ratings cut by Standard & Poor’s, after a plunge in Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc. eroded its net asset value over the past five […]
Odey’s Hedge Fund Said to Plummet 22% in First Half of March
(Bloomberg) Crispin Odey’s main hedge fund lost 22 percent during the first 14 days of March and is on course to record one of its worst monthly performances, according to two people with knowledge of the matter. The loss leaves […]
Amid-Erratic Markets, Hedge Fund Exposure Examined
(Valuewalk.com) In volatile markets, institutional investors position hedge fund exposure accordingly, but are not entirely satisfied in some alternative sectors. With the risk-on again, risk-off again relationship in the stock and commodity markets in full swing, trends in investor sentiment […]
Fund Manager Lampert Leaves Tudor Investments
(Reuters) One of Tudor Investment Corp’s longest-serving employees, Spencer Lampert, has left the firm after nearly three decades, according to a source familiar with the company.The Greenwich, Connecticut-based hedge fund’s founder, Paul Tudor Jones and its president, Mark Dalton, told […]
Porsche Acquittals May Portend Trouble for Hedge-Fund Suits
(Bloomberg) Former Porsche Chief Executive Officer Wendelin Wiedeking and ex-Chief Financial Officer Holger Haerter were acquitted of charges of manipulating Volkswagen AG shares during a failed takeover, a decision that may derail hedge-fund lawsuits seeking billions over the issue. The […]
SEC Accuses Aequitas of Operating a Ponzi Scheme
(Daily Alts) The Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) has charged Aequitas Management and four subsidiaries of defrauding more than 1,500 investors nationwide and enlisting them in a “Ponzi scheme.” Aequitas and its affiliated entities have agreed to a preliminary enjoinment […]
Trade Signals For An Aged Tired Bull
(Harvest) The long-term models, CMG Ned Davis Research (NDR) Large Cap Momentum Index and 13/34-Week EMA, inform our long-term market outlook. The primary trend remains negative. The long-term signals guide our cautious view on the market. Hedge equity exposure and […]