Category Archives: Hedge Fund Performance

Three Big Name Stocks That Hedge Funds Unloaded in Q1

New York (HedgeCoVest.Com) – The first quarter was a choppy one for the stock market and hedge funds did manage to outperform the S&P 500 based on the performance of the Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index. The CSHFI has a […]

Large Speculators Becoming More Bullish On Metals

New York (HedgeCoVest.Com) The latest Commitment of Traders reports from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) show that large speculators (mostly hedge funds and CTAs) became more bullish toward metals in the past week’s reporting period. Looking at the reports […]

ISIS Potential Impact on Hedge Funds

New York (HedgeCoVest.Com) With news breaking that the Islamic State had taken control of the city of Ramadi in Iraq, Palmyra in Syria and Sirte in Libya, one has to wonder whether a third gulf war with full Western involvement […]

Severe Drop In Chinese Market Could Change The Landscape

New York (HedgeCoVest.Com) – In Tuesday’s trade, the Shanghai Composite Index fell 6.5% for the worst daily loss since January in percentage terms and the worst daily point loss since 2008. The selloff came with a record breaking volume day […]

“Bloody April” For Odey European Fund

New York (HedgeCoVest.Com) – Crispin Odey revealed that his main Odey European Fund experienced a loss of 19.3% during the month of April. The performance was disclosed in a letter to investors according to the Wall Street Journal.The loss marks […]

Wealth Concentration Exists In Health Fund Industry As Well

New York (HedgeCoVest.Com) – One of the hottest topics among the political crowd is income inequality or wealth concentration. It has already become a rallying cry for several of the candidates in the 2016 Presidential election. The discrepancy between what […]

Goldman Releases List Of Most Commonly Shorted Stocks

New York (HedgeCoVest.Com) – Goldman Sachs released its list of most commonly shorted stocks by the hedge funds that are clients of Goldman. The list was part of the Hedge Fund Trend Monitor that the company produces. As of March […]

S&P Capital IQ: Hedge Fund Are Diving Into Health Care Stocks, $4.8 Billion

New York (HedgeCoVest.Com) – S&P Capital IQ’s first quarter hedge fund analysis finds that the health care sector has driven the lion’s share of buying among the largest pure play hedge fund managers, with net buys of $4.8 billion in […]

Annual Barron’s Hedge Fund List

New York (HedgeCo.net)- The annual Barron’s Hedge Fund List was released over the weekend and for the second straight year, Glenview Offshore Opportunity Fund came in at number one. The fund managed by Larry Robbins accumulated a three-year annualized gain […]

Hedge Funds Shedding Top Names

New York (HedgeCo.net) With some of the latest regulatory filings coming out in the past week, one theme that jumped out was how hedge funds are reducing their exposure to large tech firms. Two names in particular that jumped out […]

What if Berkshire Hathaway Operated as a Hedge Fund

New York (HedgeCo.net) Warren Buffet and the hedge fund industry have been locked in a war of words of late with Dan Loeb of Third Point Capital firing the latest shot when he called Mr. Buffet a hypocrite. The Washington […]

Hedge Funds Out Perform Market in April

New York (HedgeCo.Net) – After taking flack from investors as well as the press for a lackluster performance in 2014, the hedge fund industry seems intent on reversing that in 2015. So far in 2015, hedge funds are turning the […]