Monthly Archives: November 2017
Hedge Funds Lighten Bullish Positions in Oil
(Reuters) Hedge funds started to reduce their record bullish position in crude and refined products in the week to Nov. 21 amid growing concerns about the possibility of a sharp price reversal. The net long position held by hedge funds […]
Hedge Funds Double Down On Curve Flattening, Bearish Dollar Bets
(Reuters) Hedge funds have found it hard to make money this year trading bonds and currencies, but as 2017 draws to a close they look to be relying on a twin strategy to put a gloss on the numbers: U.S. […]
Trump’s War of Words With North Korea Helped This Hedge Fund Gain 48%
(Bloomberg) A Hong Kong hedge fund started by a former Kingdon Capital Management employee rose 48 percent through October by wagering that fears over North Korea would increase while worries of a Chinese credit crisis would recede. To read this […]
SIX survey finds traders are concerned with growth of passive investing
(Hedgeweek) Key findings from Swiss exchange SIX’s survey of Traders include the fact that 88 per cent of traders have seen a shift from active towards passive investing and 72 per cent expect the level of passive investing to rise […]
The CIO of a Crypto Hedge Fund Explains the Value in Cryptocurrency — and Why the Market Will Explode Over the Next 2 Years
(The Business Insider) Ari Paul, CIO of cryptocurrency hedge fund BlockTower Capital, talks with Business Insider executive editor Sara Silverstein about the value in cryptocurrency and where he thinks the market is headed in the next two years. To read […]
Ocado Short Squeeze Wipes Out $73 Million From Hedge Fund Trade
(Bloomberg) Hedge funds betting against the fortunes of Ocado Group Plc got a painful surprise on Tuesday after the online grocery retailer said it had landed a client in France. To read this article:
SEC files 754 enforcement actions in 2017 returning $1.07 billion to investors.
(HedgeCo.Net) In its ongoing efforts to protect Main Street investors, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Enforcement Division has issued a report highlighting its priorities for the coming year as well as a review of enforcement actions that took place during […]
Hedge Funds Too Busy Surviving to Hire Robots
(Bloomberg) Rumors of the death of hedge funds have been, as the saying goes, greatly exaggerated. The industry nevertheless faces a battle to remain relevant amid the inexorable rise of low-cost passive strategies. And the smaller players are missing a […]
Performance gains push hedge fund industry to new record AUM
(Hedgeweek) After a string of strong performances this year, some hedge fund investors may be doing a bit of profit-taking, with redemptions of -USD2.9 billion from hedge funds in October, according to the eVestment October 2017 Hedge Fund Asset Flows […]
What’s Really Driving the Emerging Markets Boom?
(Bloomberg) Emerging-market equities have been one of the investment darlings of 2017, handily outpacing their developed-market peers on a narrative of accelerating global growth. The idea that a booming world economy is consistent with EM outperformance seems so obvious that […]
Chance of US Stock Market Correction Now at 70 percent: Vanguard
(CNBC) Don’t panic, but there is now a 70 percent chance of a U.S. stock market correction, according to research conducted by fund giant Vanguard Group. There is always the risk of a correction in stocks, but the Vanguard research […]
Hedge Funds Are Snapping Up These 3 ‘Strong Buy’ Stocks
(Nasdaq) Hedge fund’s Q3 trades are now public following the release of 13F forms filed with the SEC. For investors, this means that now is the time to track the “Smart Money” of hedge fund gurus like Warren Buffett and […]