Category Archives: Syndicated
Short sellers are up $114 billion this year with winning bets against Tesla and Netflix
(CNBC) Short sellers are reaping huge profits this year, as the stock market’s brutal bloodbath fuel their bearish bets. The short-selling cohort has gained $114 billion in January mark-to-market profits as of Friday’s close, up 11.6% for the year, according […]
SEC considering new disclosure deadlines for activist hedge funds
(Hedgeweek) The Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) is considering proposals to tighten the disclosure deadline for hedge funds that hold significant shares in companies, according to a report by Bloomberg. To read this article:
Bitcoin climbs into positive territory after falling below $33,000 to a new low
(CNBC) Bitcoin bounced into positive territory Monday after initially continuing its slide from last week. On Monday, bitcoin fell to $32,982.11, its lowest point since July, according to Coin Metrics, but the largest cryptocurrency by market cap was up 5.6% […]
Dow futures fall more than 300 points, Nasdaq futures shed 1% as market’s wild ride continues
(CNBC) U.S. stock index futures fell in overnight trading Monday, after a wildly volatile session that saw the Dow erase a more than 1,100 point decline to finish the day in positive territory. Futures contracts tied to the Dow Jones […]
IBM shares jump after company reports 6% revenue growth in fourth quarter
(CNBC) IBM shares jumped as much as 7% in extended trading but later lost most of their gains Monday after the software and services company said revenue climbed 6% in the fourth quarter, surpassing expectations. Here’s how the company did: […]
Active Managers Fail Again as Stock Rotation Lashes Hedge Funds
(Bloomberg) Stock pickers just blew the stock rotation they’ve spent years longing for. Long underweight the booming tech megacaps in recent years, professional speculators failed to ride the January revival in value shares, as they struggled to cut fast enough […]
December outflows dampen hedge fund AUM growth, says eVestment
(Hedgeweek) Investors pulled $19.96 billion from the global hedge fund business in December, bringing full-year 2021 hedge fund AUM growth to +$15.90 billion, according to eVestment’s December and Full Year 2021 Hedge Fund Asset Flows report. To read this article:
Stock futures rise following S&P 500?s worst week since March 2020
(CNBC) Stock futures rose slightly in overnight trading Sunday, following the S&P 500?s worst week since March 2020, as investors awaited more corporate earnings results and a key policy decision from the Federal Reserve. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial […]
Inflation surge could push the Fed into more than four rate hikes this year, Goldman Sachs says
(CNBC) Accelerating inflation could cause the Federal Reserve to get even more aggressive than economists expect in the way it raises interest rates this year, according to a Goldman Sachs analysis. With the market already expecting four quarter-percentage-point hikes this […]
Market turbulence is likely to continue in the week ahead as the Federal Reserve meets and the biggest of big tech —Apple and Microsoft — report earnings.
(CNBC) Stocks on Friday closed out their worst week since 2020, with big losses in technology and consumer discretionary names. FANG darling Netflix was ripped after its Thursday afternoon earnings, and traders are watching to see whether the same fate […]
Activist investor Blackwells aims to call on Peloton to fire CEO, explore sale
(CNBC) An activist is pushing Peloton to fire its chief executive officer and consider a sale as its share price has plummeted, according to a person familiar with the matter. Blackwells Capital, which has a stake of less than 5% […]
Hedge fund managers bring their 2021 return to 9.49%
(Opalesque) Hedge fund managers reversed losses in November and gained 1.01% in December, bringing their 2021 return to 9.49% – the second best annual performance since 2010. Hedge funds were supported by the robust performance of the global equity market […]