Monthly Archives: June 2015
Will The May Jobs Report Impact Hedge Funds?
New York (HedgeCo.Net) The May employment report shows that there were more jobs added than expected, but the unemployment rate did tick up a notch. Analysts had been expecting the report to show that 225,000 jobs were added during the […]
Hedge Fund Acquires 7% Stake in Citrix
(Sun Sentinel) A New York hedge fund has acquired 7.1 percent of Fort Lauderdale-based Citrix Systems’ shares and has requested a meeting with the board about operational changes it believes would improve the software company’s stock price. Elliott Management Corp. […]
Blackstone Founder Warns Next Financial Crisis WIl Be Created By The Government
New York (HedgeCo.net) – In a recent op-ed in the Wall Street Journal, Steve Schwarzman warned that the next financial crisis will be one created by the government. The founder of Blackstone cited laws put in place after the financial […]
Tracking The Composite Models
New York (HedgeCo.net) – One of the things that we have wanted to provide our readers is information about where the models on the platform are moving money, without actually divulging any proprietary information. With the recent release of the […]
Seasonality: Are Hedge Funds Set Up Accordingly?
New York (HedgeCo.Net) Wall Street loves a good saying and there are many that get repeated far too often—“buy low, sell high” comes to mind. Another one that gets repeated every spring is “sell in May and go away.” This […]
Opportunities And Threats To The Global Market
New York (HedgeCo.Net) While working on the next manager profile for the HedgeCoVest newsletter, there were some topics that came up during the interview that were worth sharing before we publish the profile. We were speaking with Adam Savin and […]
Hedge Funds Favorite Stocks In Each Sector
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Novus recently released a quarterly report showing how and where some of the top hedge fund managers were invested in the first quarter. A review of the report revealed which stocks were the favorites within each […]
NJ Man Posing As Hedge Fund Manager Charged With Fraud
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – The Securities and Exchange Commission and the Department of Justice have filed three counts of wire fraud and two counts of securities fraud against a New Jersey man they say was posing as a hedge fund […]
John Paulson’s Funds Shows Strong Gains in May
(FinAlternatives.com) John Paulson’s funds extended gains in May, propelled by strong bets on Greek banks, energy prices, Time Warner Cable’s proposed merger, and deals in the healthcare sector. Paulson’s event-driven Advantage fund returned 3.5% in May, while his firm’s Partners […]
SS& C Hedge Fund Index: May Performance 2.20%
WINDSOR, Conn. , June 11, 2015 /CNW/ — The gross return of the SS&C GlobeOp Hedge Fund Performance Index for May 2015 measured 2.20%. Hedge fund flows as measured by the SS&C GlobeOp Capital Movement Index advanced 0.31% in June. […]
Number Of $1Billion-Plus Investors In Hedge Funds Swells
(Reuters) The world’s largest investors in hedge funds added to their holdings over the last year, in spite of the sector’s weak average performance, a study by Preqin showed. Fifty one investors raised their hedge fund allocations to $1 billion […]
Hedge Funds 10-Most Shorted Stocks
(Seeking Alpha) A recent article in Seeking Alpha focused on the traditional role of some of Wall Street’s biggest players: hedge funds. In the six-year bull market that has taken the S&P 500 to new all-time highs, there has been […]