Monthly Archives: March 2018

(Bloomberg) David Einhorn’s main hedge fund at Greenlight Capital fell 6.2 percent in February, extending losses to 12.3 percent this year, according to a client update seen by Bloomberg. The S&P 500 Index lost 3.7 percent in February including reinvested […]

(Reuters) Six years ago, billionaire investor William Ackman wagered $1 billion that Herbalife’s stock price would tumble to zero after publicly calling the nutrition company a fraud in a three-hour presentation before investors, analysts and the media. On Wednesday there […]

(Bloomberg) Italian bond spreads could blow out to levels not seen in five years should a euroskeptic alliance come to power. Though analysts are only assigning a 10 percent chance to the possibility of such a coalition dominated by the […]

(Bloomberg) Asian stocks started March on a weak footing after U.S. shares tumbled in afternoon trading Wednesday. Treasuries and the dollar steadied as traders awaited a second appearance from Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, whose comments riled markets earlier this […]

(Forbes) Artificial intelligence technology is turning around semiconductor giant Intel INTC -1.26% after a fifteen year stretch of underperformance and it could help Twitter TWTR +1.72% become a $100 billion-to-$200 billion company within the next decade, according to top performing […]

(Bloomberg) Andreas Halvorsen, who heads one of the largest and oldest equity-hedge funds, is stepping into the world of big data. The $25 billion Viking Global Investors has hired a small team to build a big-data platform, according to a […]

(CNBC) As institutional demand grows for cryptocurrencies, Genesis Global Trading is launching a digital currency lending business called Genesis Capital to enable investors to borrow bitcoin, ether and others for a fixed amount of time. One of the uses will […]

(Bloomberg) Hedge funds regained their mojo last year, with Hedge Fund Research’s index of global managers showing positive returns every single month for the first time since at least 2010. And Man Group Plc, the largest publicly-traded hedge fund, is […]

(Forbes) While individual investors share differing opinions on the cryptocurrency market, the market’s volatility is a dream come true for hedge funds….” To read this article:

(The Standard) JUPITER Fund Management says it is still justifying its higher fees, even as regulators and consumers campaign for lower costs….CEO Maarten Slendebroek says 81% of its funds are beating the market over three years. That puts it in […]

(Seeking Alpha) Technology remains the largest portfolio weight in hedge funds followed by Financials. The most concentrated hedge fund stocks have lagged the S&P 500 year-to-date following unusually weak returns in 2017. Hedge funds started 2018 with near-record leverage and […]