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Shareholder Sues CSX, Claims Hedge Funds Were to Blame
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – CSX is finding themselves in the middle of another battle, this time with a shareholder who is suing the railroad company along with hedge funds TCI and 3G Capital Partners. Shareholder Deborah Donoghue is seeking the […]
The Risks and Rewards of Investing in a Bear Market
Time – Benjamin Graham was well prepared for the Crash of 1929. The now legendary investor had hedged his bets: he would buy preferred stock in a company and sell short common stock in the same company. When stocks crashed […]
Morgan Stanley and MUFG renegotiating pact: source
Reuters – Japan’s Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, which has watched Morgan Stanley’s share price plunge 58 percent last week, is seeking more favorable terms to its $9 billion deal, a person briefed on the matter said. The Japanese lender will […]
Another horrible day for the major markets
The Times of Trenton – Stocks prices fell sharply again yesterday, ending the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index below 1,000 for the first time since 2003 on speculation banks and real-estate companies are running short of money as the credit […]
Hedge Fund Buys Into Trucking Agency
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – In a Reglatory filing with the SEC, multibillion-dollar hedge fund, Tontine Associates, has bought 5% of trucking giant YRC, equaling 2.97 million shares of YRC common stock, for more than $48 million. Jeffrey Gendell, founder of Tontine Associates, has made […]
Citigroup to Close Another Hedge Fund
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Citigroup Inc. will close its $400 million Tribeca Convertible hedge fund in what will help wind down the $2 billion Tribeca Global Investments Group, according to a report published on Bloomberg.com. The closing of the fund […]
Toronto Hedge Fund Takes Big Stake In ‘Sun-Times’ Parent
Editor & Publisher – Polar Securities, a Toronto-based hedge fund, disclosed Tuesday that it has purchased a big stake in troubled Sun-Times Media Group (STMG). In two filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Polar said it has […]
