Category Archives: HedgeCo News
Hedge Funds Dump Shares of SunEdison
New York (HedgeCo.net) – SunEdison (NYSE: SUNE) used to be one of the darling stocks of the hedge fund industry and counted well-known fund managers like David Einhorn, Dan Loeb and Stephen Mandel as investors. With the stock falling over […]
Journal Article: “The Year of Mimicking Dangerously”
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Through our affiliate company HedgeCoVest, we have been cautioning investors about the dangers of trying to mimic hedge funds by following the 13F filings of top hedge funds. Finally, a major publication is making the same […]
Model Spotlight: Ferro Systematic Market Neutral Model
New York (HedgeCo.net) Over the last three and a half months, no model on the HedgeCoVest platform has performed as well as the Ferro Systematic Market Neutral model. From the end of July through November 20, the model has gained […]
Bets on Energy Sector Debt Take Down Achievement Fund
New York (HedgeCo.net) – As the casualties mount in the hedge fund industry, yet another fund has announced that is closing up shop. Achievement Asset Management announced that it will return investor money and that makes the fund closure one […]
Morningstar Report: Investors Flock to Alternatives in Q3
New York (HedgeCo.net) A recent report from Morningstar showed that investors are pouring in to alternative funds with the recent spike in volatility. The mutual fund and ETF research firm’s data showed that almost $4 billion was invested in alternative […]
Bearish Bets Drive Outperformance for Some Funds
Bearish Bets Drive Outperformance for Some Funds New York (HedgeCo.net) – With the market grinding sideways for most of this year and with the third quarter being so bad for stocks, it isn’t surprising that some hedge funds that have […]
BlackRock Latest to Close Macro Fund
New York (HedgeCo.net) – If there is one hedge fund strategy that has struggled more than others this year it would have to be the macro strategy. Because of the strategy’s struggles, a number of firms have closed their macro […]
Manager Profile and Insights: John Barnett, JAB Capital Management
New York (Hedgeco.net) JAB Capital Management is based in Washington D.C. and they run the JAB Fundamental Value model on the HedgeCoVest platform. We recently had the opportunity to speak with John Barnett, the founder of the firm. HedgeCoVest: John, […]
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New York (HedgeCo.Net) Ask any RIA and you will probably hear that the current model for allocation to hedge funds and alternatives is broken. HedgeCoVest has found an interesting solution. HedgeCoVest, the 2015 Benzinga Fintech “First Place Winner” over platforms […]
Third-Quarter 13F Filings Show New Bullish Positions on Netflix and PayPal
New York (HedgeCo.net) – The latest 13F filings showed that hedge fund managers opened new positions or added to positions on Netflix (Nasdaq: NFLX) and PayPal (Nasdaq: PYPL) during the third quarter. For Netflix, Soros Fund Management and Viking Global […]
Several Top Investors Lowered Equity Allocations in Q3
New York (HedgeCo.net) – In addition to the individual stock positions being revealed in the 13F filings that are being released, we also found out that several top investment managers lowered their allocations to equities during the third quarter. A […]
S&P Earnings Reports Reveal “Revenue Recession”
New York (HedgeCo.net) – The third-quarter earnings season is almost over at this point as almost 90% of member companies have reported results. In light of the vast majority reporting already, there was a trend revealed in the results that […]