Monthly Archives: September 2015
Hedge Fund VIX Positions Double in Bet Stock Tubulence
(Bloomberg) Now that turbulence has resurfaced in the stock market, the biggest traders are piling into bets that it’s going to last. Hedge funds and other large speculators just doubled wagers that U.S. equity volatility will increase, a week after […]
Hedge Funds Cut Yen Shorts At The Fastest Pace Since 2007
(Bloomberg) Hedge funds and other large speculators have slashed bets on yen declines at the fastest pace since 2007 as U.S. jobs data for August failed to decisively set the stage for the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates next […]
Hedge Fund Assets Over $3.2 Trillion
New York (HedgeCo.net) – The latest report from Preqin shows that the assets under management for the hedge fund industry now exceed $3.2 trillion. Despite some concerns about hedge fund returns in recent years, the asset growth has come from […]
Leon Cooperman Says Blame The Machines For Market Volatility
(MarketWatch) Automated trading is largely to blame for extreme volatility that is scaring retail investors out of the market, a well-known hedge-fund manager said Tuesday. “I think the machines seem to be taking over,” Omega Advisors chairman and chief executive […]
China Just Killed The World’s Biggest Stock-Index Futures Market
(Bloomberg) Add the world’s biggest stock-index futures market to the list of casualties from China’s interventionist campaign to stop a $5 trillion equity rout. Volumes in the country’s CSI 300 Index and CSI 500 Index futures sank to record lows […]
Bridgewater Fund Loses 6.9% in August
New York (HedgeCo.net) – We often hear it said that when a company is getting ready to release its most recent earnings report that they are “stepping into the earnings confessional”. Over the last week, many hedge fund managers of […]
Hedge Fund’s Treasury Purchases Catch The Eye Of Officials
New York (HedgeCo.net) – It usually isn’t a good idea to bring attention to yourself, but that especially holds true when the attention you have garnered is from none other than the United States Treasury. Element Capital Management, a New […]
These Funds Bucked Their Own Trend in August Selloff
(Wall Street Journal Interactive) Computer driven hedge funds have had a tough time over the past few months, but when the chips were down for global markets in late August, they came into their own. That’s according to J.P. Morgan, […]
China Is Falling Into A Vicious Circle As It Burns Through Cash Reserves
(Business Insider) China is spending billions propping up its struggling currency and as a result its foreign currency reserves fell by a record amount last month. China spent $93.9 billion in August, reducing its cash pile to $3.56 trillion. This […]
Hedge Fund Sector To Push Past $100 Billion in Australia
(Money Management) The Australian hedge fund sector will pass the $100 billion mark driven by Treasury reforms, financial innovation and growing demand according to the global hedge fund industry association. The Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) said the Australian hedge […]
Hedge Funds Extend Bearish Ag Spree To Longest In A Year
(Agrimoney.com) Hedge funds took their selldown in ags to the longest this year as they turned more bearish in particular on cotton and wheat, more than offsetting the impact of a short-covering wave in sugar. Managed money, a proxy for […]
Hedge Fund VIX Positions Double in Bet Stock Turbulence To Last
(Bloomberg) Now that turbulence has resurfaced in the stock market, the biggest traders are piling into bets that it’s going to last. Hedge funds and other large speculators just doubled wagers that U.S. equity volatility will increase, a week after […]