Category Archives: HedgeCo News
Which Stocks Did Funds Sell in Q3?
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Each quarter when the 13F filings are released, many news sources focus on the stocks that hedge funds are buying, but less attention is paid to the stocks that are being sold by funds. A recent […]
Definition of Irony: Citigroup Sued for Mispricing by Fund that Mispriced
New York (HedgeCo.net) – In what can best be described as pure irony, Citigroup is being sued by a hedge fund for the mispricing of assets toward the end of the financial crisis. The ironic part is that the fund […]
More Evidence that Investors are Looking for Alternatives
New York (HedgeCo.net) – We have featured a number of stories about how investors are looking at alternative investment strategies more and more these days. The alternative investment industry has seen tremendous growth and that growth increased in the third […]
Short Bets on Anglo American Pay Off for Hedge Funds
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Metals and mining stocks have been under pressure for some time now, in fact you the SPDR S&P Metals and Mining ETF (NYSE: XME) peaked in June 2008 and has fallen over 80% since then. The […]
Things May Have Just Gotten Worse for Einhorn, Greenlight
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Last week we reported that David Einhorn and his hedge fund Greenlight Capital were headed for their second losing year in 19 years since inception and that 2015 could end up being the worst year yet […]
Tiger Veda Closing Fund: Is the Reason a Bad Sign
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Having a hedge fund announce that it was closing its doors and returning investor money has been a theme this year. A number of funds have announced such plans and many of the funds that are […]
ECB Action Adds to Macro Funds Woes
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Last Thursday when the European Central Bank announced a cut in rates to -0.3% and an extension of the bond-buying program, they may have inadvertently added the misery that macro-oriented hedge funds have experienced in 2015. […]
Alcoa Being Added by Two Well-Known Hedge Funds
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Aluminum giant Alcoa has struggled for most of 2015 as the stock price fell from $15.63 to start the year to a closing low of $7.82 on November 12. That put the stock at a 50% […]
Volatile Market Helps Long/Short Strategies Outperform
New York (HedgeCo.net) – While the hedge fund industry has been lagging the overall market during the last few years as the S&P 500 moved sharply higher in 2013 and 2014, this year’s volatility has helped one hedge fund strategy […]
Appaloosa’s Latest Allocations Revealed in 13F Filing
New York (HedgeCo.net) – In the most recent regulatory filing, David Tepper’s Appaloosa Management revealed its various allocations to different sectors within the equity portfolio and the most heavily weighted sector is the Consumer Discretionary sector with a weighting of […]
Not All Macro Funds are Struggling in 2015
New York (HedgeCo.net) – According to Hedge Fund Research, the average macro hedge fund was down 1.47 percent on a year to date basis through the end of October, but not all funds are struggling this year. The Eclectica fund […]
Harvard Doctoral Candidate’s Study Shows Hedge Funds Good Stock Pickers
New York (HedgeCo.net) – The hedge fund industry has come under fire in recent years as the overall performance has lagged the S&P 500 and investors began to question if the fees paid to hedge funds were worth it. Given […]