Monthly Archives: September 2015
Hedges Ready To Ride Out Stock Turmoil
(Wall Street Journal Interactive) Hedge-fund managers are in a buying mood. Despite getting battered in recent days along with the rest of the investing world, many of these highly paid traders say they are convinced this latest turn will be […]
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 […]
Hedge Funds Ditch Alibaba For Rival JD.Com
(Bloomberg) Less than a year ago investors were scrambling to pick up shares in Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. when Asia’s largest e-commerce company made its record debut on the New York Stock Exchange. Now sentiment is changing as JD.com Inc., […]
Sovereign Debt: The (Relatively) Good, The Bad and The Ugly
(Harvest) Using Australia, Italy and Greece as case studies, this article looks at the frequently ignored problems building in sovereign debt. To read this article:
Managing Downside Risk With Tail Risk Parity
(Daily Alts) Risk parity is an asset-allocation strategy that determines investment weightings by the amount of “risk” they contribute to the portfolio. Risk parity defines “risk” as volatility, and aims to equalize risk from each asset class across the portfolio. […]
Hedge Funds Extend Sell-Down in Ags, Amid China Worries
(Agrimoney.com) Hedge funds, negotiating the markets sell-off amid China jitters, again struggled to call coffee futures right, making their biggest bearish in shift in history on arabica – only for prices to stage a modest revival. Managed money, a proxy […]
U.S. Fund Managers Want Less Intervention From Chinese Regulators
(Reuters) U.S. fund managers want less involvement from officials in China in the country’s volatile stock markets, even if it means their portfolios take hits in the short run. China’s government has taken aggressive actions to stabilize the country’s plummeting […]
Tough August For Two Prominent Fund Managers
New York (HedgeCo.net) – August came to a close yesterday and after all the gyrations and increased volatility, the final result for the month was a loss of 6.26% for the S&P 500. That is the worst monthly loss for […]
Low Correlation Models Shine As Market Falls
New York (HedgeCo.net) Last week was brutal for stocks as the S&P lost 5.77% for its worst weekly performance since September 2011. While the overall market was getting hit, several models on the HedgeCoVest platform performed very well. Of course […]
Model Spotlight: Cornerstone US Long/Short Alpha Model
New York (Hedgeco.net) On a year to date basis, the top fund manager model on the HedgeCoVest platform is the Cornerstone US Long/Short Alpha model with a return of 9.53% through last Thursday, and the model was up 2.81% in […]
Hedge Funds Boost Bullish Oil Bets and Gain From Late-Week Rally
(Bloomberg) Hedge funds couldn’t have timed an increase in bullish oil positions better, just before improving prospects for U.S. growth sent crude on its biggest two-day rally in six years. Money managers boosted their net-long position in West Texas Intermediate […]
Hedge Fund People: New Edition of AIMA Journal, 3 Added To AIMA Council
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – The Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA), the global hedge fund industry association, has announced the formation of a new AIMA Council, AIMA’s global board of directors. The 100th edition of the AIMA Journal has also been […]