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Commodities bubble burns big investment funds

Miami Herald – The deflating commodities bubble is claiming its first casualties as large investment funds absorb staggering losses from bad bets that prices for oil, precious metals and grains would keep going up. Hedge fund operator Ospraie Management LLC […]

Big funds take dive as prices plummet

Myrtle Beach Online – The deflating commodities bubble is claiming its first casualties as large investment funds absorb staggering losses from bad bets that prices for oil, precious metals and grains would keep going up. Hedge fund operator Ospraie Management […]

More to play for in hedge funds

Reuters UK – The hedge fund industry’s trade-of-the-moment — betting on falling financial stocks and rising commodities — is set to offer further profits, despite July’s setback, but managers may have to alter their tactics. Hedge funds may well profit […]

Hedge Funds Lower Bets on Rising Stocks, Goldman Report Finds

Hedge funds reduced their bets in the past year that U.S. stocks would gain as the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index declined and credit conditions tightened, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. said. Such wagers accounted for 32 percent of funds’ equity […]

Hedge Funds Take Huge Loss as Mood Swings

Financial-Planning.com – Many alternative asset managers, who brag about their ability to make money regardless of market conditions, posted their worst figures in years last month after worldwide sentiment suddenly changed on energy prices, financial stock and the U.S. dollar. […]

Ospraie hedge fund loses $1bn on misplaced commodities bets

Ospraie Management, the US hedge fund led by Dwight Anderson, has seen about $1bn (€678m) in value being wiped out of Ospraie Fund, its biggest, over the last 12 months amid misplaced bets on commodities, according to a report in […]

States Double Down on Hedge Funds as Returns Slide

Bloomberg – Public pension funds in the U.S. are increasing bets on high-risk hedge funds and real estate in an attempt to fill deficits in retirement plans and make up for their worst performance in six years. New York Comptroller […]

Hedge funds gloomy on oil, CFTC data show

MarketWatch – For the first time in 17 months, hedge funds in July made more bets on oil prices falling than rising, according to the latest government data.   Short positions from noncommercial investors, hedge funds and other large investors […]

High Flying Falcone Has His Wings Clipped

New York Post – After months of falling financial stocks and rising oil prices, July’s sudden turnaround was a welcome relief to average investors. Not so for hedge funds – including subprime-mortgage superstar Phil Falcone. That’s because a number of […]

Hedge funds caught in short squeeze

Globe and Mail- Hedge funds may post their worst month in at least five years after bets on financial stocks falling and on crude oil rising backfired. Hedge Fund Research Inc.’s Global Hedge Fund Index of more than 55 funds […]

`Slick’ Bets Propel Bluegold Returns a Monsterous 160%

New York Post- Hedge fund BlueGold Capital might have struck black gold, with oil bets driving returns up a whopping 160 percent through the end of June. BlueGold just opened for business in February, but its eye-popping returns have already […]

Hedge fund buys 6.9% stake in Gaylord

Nashville Tennessean- A filing made with the Securities and Exchange Commission Thursday revealed another institutional investor who placed large bets on shares of Nashville-based Gaylord Entertainment as its stock price drifted to new lows almost two weeks ago. New York-based […]