Category Archives: Syndicated
Asia Stocks Climb With U.S. Futures After $2.7 Trillion Wipeout
(Bloomberg) Asian stocks rose with U.S. index futures after a selloff that wiped $2.7 trillion from global equity markets on Monday. Oil climbed from six-year lows, while the yen retreated with government bonds. Australian and Korean equities led gains through […]
Hedge Funds Put Brave Face On Stocks Turmoil
(Reuters) Just after the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged over 1,000 points on Monday morning, New York-based hedge fund manager Sahm Adrangi sent around his weekly note showing his fund lost 2 percent so far in August. His conclusion regarding […]
China’s Black Monday: Panic Grips Global Financial Markets As Stocks Undergo “Bloodbath” of Selling
(The Telegraph) Chinese market plunges 8.45 per cent, triggering widespread selling across Asia which has wiped off more than €5 trillion off global stocks in two weeks….The latest wave of flagging growth indicators is set to force Beijing into drastic […]
Investors Race To Escape Risk in Once Booming Emerging Market Bonds
(New York Times) The large funds that helped fuel rapid growth in developing countries have begun hastily retreating from those investments, contributing to the recent sharp decline in global markets. In the last week alone, investors pulled $2.5 billion from […]
U.S. Asset Manager Warns Over “Risk Parity”
(Financial Times) AllianceBernstein, a big US asset manager, has warned that the swelling popularity of an investment strategy known as “risk parity” is exacerbating the fragility of financial markets and worsening sell-offs. Equity and bond markets have been hit hard […]
Hedge Fund Gains $100 Million In Two Days On Bearish China Bet
(Wall Street Journal Interactive) A Carlyle Group LP hedge fund that anticipated a sudden currency-policy shift in China gained roughly $100 million in two days last week, a sign of how some bearish bets on the world’s second-largest economy are […]
20 Tech Stocks The Richest Hedge Fund Billionaires Are Betting On Now
(Forbes) What’s the next big tech stock? Just follow the leaders. We’ve previously taken a look at the top trades of the world’s richest active hedge fund managers. For the quarter ending on June 30, we compiled an updated list […]
ETFs Forced To Get Smart Hedging Dollar With Easy Money Gone
(Bloomberg) The most popular strategy in the $2.1 trillion U.S. market for exchange-traded funds is losing its luster, leading the world’s biggest asset managers to search for ways to keep the money flowing. ETFs that hedge against currency risk have […]
Hedge Fund Stockpickers See U.S. Consumer As The Best Bet In A Rocky Market
(Forbes) Many of the biggest hedge fund managers in the U.S. get paid a King’s ransom to uncover value stocks, distressed buys, new growth industries, and sectors prone for consolidation. Amid today’s market turmoil, which has battered commodity producers and […]
6 Retail Stocks Buffet, Soros and Others Are Buying
(TheStreet) — Like it or not, the holiday season is just around the corner — and hedge fund pros already have their chips stacked on where they think you might be shopping. The National Retail Federation revised its forecast for […]
Hedge Funds Aggressively Bearish Towards U.S. Crude
(Reuters) A relatively small group of hedge fund managers has placed a record bet on U.S. oil prices declining further in the months ahead. Hedge funds and other money managers had accumulated gross short futures and options positions totaling 163 […]
Robertson’s Tiger To Invest Startup Capital In China Fund Yulan
(Bloomberg) Julian Robertson’s Tiger Management will invest seed capital with Yulan Capital Management, a China-focused hedge fund firm started by former Citadel money manager Lilian Zhou. Zhou invested in Chinese equities at Chicago-based Citadel before starting New York-based Yulan Capital […]