Monthly Archives: August 2015
The Real Value of Liquid Investments
New York (HedgeCo.Net) In last week’s newsletter we featured a story on liquid alts and how they may not be as liquid as investors think due to the illiquid assets they may be holding. Another aspect of liquidity has to […]
Goldman Stands Out In Japan With Rising Profit, and Revenue
(Bloomberg) Goldman Sachs seized on Japan’s buoyant stock market and local companies’ appetite for mergers to become the only large foreign investment bank to boost revenue, profit and headcount there last fiscal year….As well as the overseas expansion drive by […]
China Hedge Funds Lose $10B After Market Collapse
(CNBC) Hedge funds focused on China suffered around $10 billion in outflows in July, after the Shanghai Composite posted a fall of over 14 percent for the month, new data shows. The HFRI Index, which tracks hedge funds that predominantly […]
Moving Averages Sending Possible Bearish Sign
New York (HedgeCo.net) Last week saw the 13-week moving average for the Materials Select Sector SPDR (NYSE: XLB) crossed bearishly below its 52-week moving average. The 13-week moving average is unconventional, but it represents one quarter’s worth of data and […]
Kyle Bass Says Drugmakers Claim is Hypocritical
New York (HedgeCo.net) – After hearing criticism for one of the ways he attempts to make money in his hedge fund, J. Kyle Bass decided to strike back. Bass is the founder of Hayman Capital Management and the strategy he […]
Hackers Stole Secrets For Up To $100 Mln Insider-Trading Profit
(Reuters) A group of mainly U.S.-based stock traders and computer hackers in Ukraine made as much as $100 million in illegal profits over five years by conspiring to use information stolen from thousands of corporate press statements before their public […]
Celebrating Our Differences
New York (hedgeCo.net) Liquid alternatives have been growing in popularity over the last decade. There are different types of liquid alternatives and some use cloning or replication techniques and those are the ones we will focus on at this time. […]
The Perceived Liquidity of Investments
New York (Hedgeco.net) In last week’s newsletter we featured a story on liquid alts and how they may not be as liquid as investors think due to the illiquid assets they may be holding. Another aspect of liquidity has to […]
Gundlach’s Warning From December is Making The Rounds Again
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Not many warning statements come back to life eight months after they were made, but a warning made by Doubleline Capital’s Jeff Gundlach back in December is getting some renewed interest. In a presentation titled “This […]
This Weeks Model Spotlight: Pawleys Dividend Model
New York (HedgeCo.net) The Pawleys Dividend Model is a long-only model run by Pawleys Capital Management and their CEO Kathryn Schwartz. The model is designed to provide investors with exposure to each of the ten major market sectors.The proprietary methodology […]
Hedge Fund Bears Circle Aberdeen As China Compounds Grief
(Bloomberg) Even after a 21 percent plunge this year, short sellers see more trouble ahead for Aberdeen Asset Management Plc. Short interest in the Scottish firm jumped to 7.4 percent of shares outstanding this month, up from a low of […]
Star Trader Rokos Courts Investors For Blockbuster Hedge Fund Launch
(Reuters) A former top Brevan Howard trader is courting investors for a hedge fund launch which promises to be among the biggest in the sector this year and which sources say is already on course to attract its initial target […]