Monthly Archives: June 2015
Daniel Loeb Dumps Alibaba Stake
New York (HedgeCo.net) – In this week’s HedgeCoVest newsletter, we pointed out how two well-known Chinese stocks were not participating in the huge rally in Chinese stocks. The article was entitled Not All Chinese Stocks Are Rallying. The two individual […]
The Balancing Act Investors Are Trying To Pull Off
New York (HedgeCo.Net) As the current bullish phase continues, investors seem to be getting more and more skeptical as far as how much longer it will last. As a result, investors are trying to figure out how to participate in […]
Biotech Long-Only Composite Leads With A YTD Of 28%
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Looking at the composite models and the changes that were made during the week from June 11 through June 18, we saw lots of changes in the top five positions in the models, but there were […]
Manager Profile and Insights: Kathryn Schwartz, Pawleys Capital Management
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Pawleys Capital Management is a Registered Investment Advisor based in Pawleys Island, South Carolina, just outside Charleston. They currently offer the Pawleys Growth Fund and the Pawleys Dividend Fund. We recently had the opportunity to speak […]
How Important Is Greece In The Hedge Fund Realm
New York (HedgeCo.net) – It seems as if each trading day is being dictated by the latest news out of Greece. Is there a deal or did talks break off again? In the overall scheme of things, yes Greece and […]
Hedge Funds Betting On A Canadian Real Estate Bubble
New York (HedgeCo.net) – The hedge funds that made ridiculous returns by betting on the U.S. housing market implosion in 2007 have now selected their next target. These hedge funds are now betting on a similar implosion in Canada and […]
Hedge Funds Score Big Gains
(Wall Street Journal) Some of Wall Street’s biggest investors are outrunning markets for the first time in years, riding gains from bets on instability in Europe and a wave of mergers. To Read this article: www.wsj.com
Brevan Howard Grooming Managers In-House As Banks Retreat
(Bloomberg) Brevan Howard Asset Management started a training program to groom its next generation of money managers within the firm instead of relying on recruits from investment banks. The $26.5 billion investment firm, run by billionaire Alan Howard, is targeting […]
Big Investors Dumping Stocks Like It’s 2008
(Business InSider) In a note Tuesday, Jill Carey Hall at Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML) wrote that the clients’ net sales of US stocks amounted to $4.1 billion last week, the largest total since January 2008. www.BusinessInsider.com
Bluemountain, Citadel, Pimco Subpoenaed on Credit-swaps Suit
(CNBC) BlueMountain, Citadel, andPimco received third-party subpoenas in an investor lawsuit aboutcredit swaps, Dow Jones reported, citing sources. The lawsuitalleges that banks and industry groups engaged in anticompetitive practices in the credit-derivatives market. To Read this article: www.cnbc.com
Hedge Funds Return To Extending Bearish Ag Bets
(Agrimoney.com) Hedge funds returned to extending their bearish bets on agricultural commodities, led by corn, in which wet Midwest weather is supporting US yield prospects, and sugar, helping drive prices to a six-year low. Managed money, a proxy for speculators, […]
Ex-LTCM Partner Sees Convertible Arbitrage Risk To System
(Bloomberg) Eric Rosenfeld is aware of risks that threaten the financial system. As co-founder of Long-Term Capital Management he witnessed first-hand in 1998 when the hedge fund’s trades backfired and required the Federal Reserve to orchestrate a bailout by Wall […]