(The Technical Analyst) Option-based sentiment suggests the S&P 500 will breakout to new highs over the next few weeks, according to Ari Wald, Technical Analyst at Oppenheimer. Wald says the 10-day Put/Call ratio is turning up from one of its […]

(Hedgeweek) The flash estimate for the Barclay CTA Index, compiled by BarclayHedge, indicates a 2.89 per cent loss in February. Year to date, the Index is down 0.33 per cent. “Although the month was marked by a mix of trend […]

(Bloomberg) Two Sigma, the $52 billion quantitative firm, is struggling to make money this year in some of its biggest hedge funds.Its Compass fund, which trades futures across markets from commodities to currencies, dropped 5.7 percent in the first two […]

(Reuters) Billionaire investor William Ackman’s hedge fund sold a stake in Automatic Data Processing, the firm’s biggest holding, as the value of the investment grew over the last months, a regulatory filing released on Tuesday shows. Pershing Square Holdings now […]

(Bloomberg) Wall Street’s main regulator has a new worry in its race to keep tabs on the cryptocurrency craze: hedge funds. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is examining the business practices of a cadre of funds set up to […]

(The Business Insider) Before Goldman Sachs Group Inc operating chief David Solomon takes the next step in his career, the 56-year-old banker will have to prove that a strategy he has championed to increase annual revenue by $5 billion can […]

(The Guardian) There’s no understanding the future of technology without understanding the future of its funders. And they have changed dramatically over the last three decades. First it was the military. Then the venture capitalists. Today, another chapter begins: massive […]

(The Hill) President Trump’s import tariffs on metal and the possibility of retaliation from other nations has reportedly caused some fund managers to reduce their holdings of domestic stock and consider international opportunities…. To read this article:

(Reuters) Fifteen months after finally agreeing a takeover of Sky, Murdoch had been edging towards approval by offering remedies to overcome long-held concerns that he holds too much media sway in Britain, where he owns the Sun and Times newspapers. […]

(Opalesque) Drawing on data compiled for the 2018 Preqin Global Hedge Fund Report, Preqin has created league tables of the most consistent performing hedge funds. These league tables do not seek in any way to endorse these funds, but rather […]

(Bloomberg) Chalk one up for the humans. Hedge funds that use artificial intelligence and machine learning in their trading process posted the worst month on record in February, according to a Eurekahedge index that’s tracked the industry from 2011. The […]

(Bloomberg) Endowments and foundations are steering clear of the crypto-craze. At least for now. Ninety-six percent of top officers at these organizations said they aren’t investing in cryptocurrencies and have no plans to do so, according a survey released Monday […]