Monthly Archives: September 2015
Goldman Calls On Fed To Launch Another QE Plan
(MarketWatch) Fed policy makers are set to convene Wednesday and Thursday of this week. Ignore all the talk that the only two options facing the Federal Reserve this week are hiking interest rates and standing pat. The U.S. central bank, […]
Majority of Models Outperform Overall Market for August
New York (HedgeCo.Net) August was a brutal month for the global stock market as major indices, in most cases, dropped over eight percent. The S&P dropped 6.26% and that made it one of the leading indices from around the globe. […]
Merchant Commodity Fund Slumps Amid Decline in Oil, Iron Ore
(Bloomberg) The Merchant Commodity Fund, managed by Doug King and Michael Coleman, fell 10.6 percent in August as commodities slumped, wiping out gains for the year.The fund lost 10.3 percent in the first eight months of 2015, Coleman confirmed via […]
Hedge Fund Indices Showing Small Losses For August
New York (HedgeCo.net) — As the results of different hedge funds have been coming out over the last two weeks, we have seen some fairly large losses from some of the more high-profile funds. However, the hedge fund indices have […]
Institutions Lightening Up on Bearish Bets Ahead Of Fed Meeting
New York (HedgeCo.net) – The latest Commitment of Traders report for 30-day Treasury bills showed that large speculators have lightened up considerably on their bearish sentiment. The large speculator group is made up mostly of hedge funds and other institutional […]
Some Of Wall Street’s Biggest Hedge Fund Names Are Racing To Rescue Their Year
(Business Insider) August was a brutal month for some of the biggest names in the hedge fund industry. In some cases, losses in August wiped out gains for the year, and now it will be a race against time to […]
Donald Trump Hits Hedge Funds CEOs In His Tax Preview
(CNN) Hedge fund managers should worry, but corporations would get tax breaks if Donald Trump gets his way. Their chief executives, though, might need to sweat — particularly if their compensation is “a total and complete joke” made possible by […]
2 Small-Cap Companies Surging On Hedge Fund Bullishness
(Benzinga) Leon Cooperman, Chairman and CEO of Omega Advisors, disclosed on Friday an increase of more than 48 percent in his exposure to PennyMac. The hedge fund manager, who had last declared holding roughly 2.6 million shares of the Mortgage […]
Everyone Is Asking The Wrong Question About Hedge Fund Performance
(Business Insider) What is a hedge fund anyway? The August market swings made it clear that question is getting harder to answer.Broadly, hedge fund managers are meant to be experts at controlling risk and generating profits, no matter what the […]
Chinese Hedge Funds Set Sights On Commodities as Stock Volumes Dry up
(Business Times) Chinese hedge funds are moving into commodities after Beijing’s steps to tame volatility in equity markets restricted trading activity in stock futures, fund managers said on Thursday. China has unleashed a slew of measures to prop up its […]
Modern Portfolio Theory Needs To Be Modernized
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Modern Portfolio Theory (MPT) has been a successful investment theory over the years. At the heart of MPT is the idea of diversification and the fact that risk can be reduced through a well-diversified portfolio with […]
Chinese Probes Shaking Confidence Of Fund Managers
New York (HedgeCo.net) – As the Shanghai Composite Index continues its volatile ways with a definite downward skew, Chinese authorities have stepped up their investigations as to what is causing the chaotic swings. According to a recent report from Reuters, […]