Category Archives: HedgeCo News
Crispin Odey Warns of New Global Financial Crisis
New York (HedgeCo.net) – As one of Europe’s most well-known hedge fund managers, when Crispin Odey speaks, people tend to listen. If they are listening now, Mr. Odey is warning that there is a new global financial crisis looming and […]
Jim Chanos Breaks Down Chinese Market Fall
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Everyone knows the story of the Chinese stock market this year—up almost 60% through the first five and a half months only to come tumbling back down over the last three and a half months. Rather […]
Harvard Concerned About Equity Outlook, Happy With Hedge Fund Portfolio
New York (HedgeCo.net) – The endowments of Harvard and Yale have been seen as cutting edge in their approach to asset allocation and portfolio management in recent years. These two entities were among the first to view hedge funds and […]
Employees and Investors Alike Fleeing Fortress
New York (HedgeCo.net) – In yesterday’s HedgeCo newsletter we featured a story about Fortress Investment Group liquidating a business unit. In Tuesday’s news, there were articles discussing key personnel departures as well as an article discussing the amount of assets […]
Struggling Fortress Liquidating Part Of Hedge Fund Business
New York (HedgeCo.net) – It has been a tough year for Fortress Investment Group and according to the Wall Street Journal, the struggling firm is liquidating part of its hedge fund business. According to the report, Fortress is selling off […]
Hedge Fund Manager’s Bearish Bet on Yuan Finally Pays Off
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Patience is a virtue, or at least that is how the old saying goes, but in the case of Ray Bakhramov, patience is has been very profitable lately. Bakhramov and his Forum Global Opportunities Fund have […]
Biotech Head: Kyle Bass Not the Problem
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Kyle Bass probably isn’t on the invitation lists of very many biotech and pharma companies’ holiday lists, but the head of one biotech firm recently stated that Bass isn’t the problem. In an interview on CNBC’s […]
Apple Popular Among Hedge Funds and Analysts
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Apple is one of the most widely held stocks in the world, but that hasn’t kept the stock from falling with the rest of the market. From mid-July through mid-August, the stock fell over 30% to […]
Not All Alternatives ETFs Are Actually Alternatives
New York (HedgeCo.net) – There have been a number of articles written in the last few weeks about liquid alts and how they performed during the month of August. While the funds experienced mixed results, as was the case with […]
Dalio Defends Risk-Parity Strategy
New York (HedgeCo.net) – As if taking his worst monthly loss in two years wasn’t bad enough, now Ray Dalio is having to defend his risk-parity strategy from other hedge fund managers. Dalio’s Bridgewater Associates and their All Weather Fund […]
Credit Suisse Index Falls In August
New York (HedgeCo.net) – The Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index, the last of the main hedge fund indices, released August results yesterday and it showed the broad index lost 1.99% during the month. The monthly result erased the gains from […]
GM Popular With Hedge Funds
New York (HedgeCo.net) – General Motors was a stalwart investment for portfolio managers as the company was relatively stable and paid a decent dividend. Of course that was before we entered the 21st century and the company declared bankruptcy and […]