Category Archives: Syndicated

Citadel Securities, hedge fund Citadel to open new office in Singapore

(Reuters) – Chicago-based hedge fund Citadel and Citadel Securities, which provides trading services to asset managers, banks, broker-dealers and hedge funds, will open a new office in Singapore, Citadel said on Monday. To read this article:

Market timing when ‘clocks have no hands’ — Warren Buffett’s warning is as relevant now as it was in 2000

(Marketwatch) “The line separating investment and speculation, which is never bright and clear, becomes blurred still further when most market participants have recently enjoyed triumphs,” Buffett wrote in the letter. “Nothing sedates rationality like large doses of effortless money.” To […]

Professional investors adopt lower risk, lower return strategies amid coronavirus crisis

(CNBC) The coronavirus crisis has led to a significant shift in the investment strategies of European institutional real estate investors, said a study. 58% of the 150 professional investors in Germany, France, and the UK surveyed by Union Investment for […]

Stock futures rise slightly in overnight trading as market looks to extend record-setting rally

(CNBC) Stock futures climbed slightly higher in overnight trading on Sunday as Wall Street tries to build on a record-setting week. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose about 50 points, indicating a 30-point gain at Monday’s open. The […]

Hedge fund fees — whether or not you make money — are truly shocking

(Marketwatch) If you already see hedge fund fees as exorbitant, you ain’t seen nothing yet. Over the past two decades, the hedge fund industry has kept 64 cents of every dollar of gross profits that it has generated above the […]

SEC Wins Summary Judgment Against Florida Unregistered Dealers

(HedgeCo.Net) Judge Marcia G. Cooke of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida granted the SEC’s motion for summary judgment against Ibrahim Almagarby and his company, Microcap Equity Group, LLC (MEG). The SEC’s complaint alleged that […]

Hedge funds see USD15.1bn in inflows in June, says Backstop BarclayHedge

(Hedgeweek) Hedge funds reversed course in June from the pandemic-driven redemption trend of prior months, posting USD15.1 billion in inflows. It was a significant turnaround from USD8.0 billion in outflows in May, USD38.1 billion in April and USD85.6 billion in […]

Johnson & Johnson adds to debt frenzy, borrows $7.5 billion to buy Momenta

(Marketwatch) Johnson & Johnson leveraged its top AAA credit ratings on Thursday to borrow $7.5 billion worth of cheap funding for its buyout of Momenta Pharmaceuticals, Inc. J&J, which makes drugs, consumer goods and medical devices, stands as the only […]

Powell to speak next Thursday on Fed’s new inflation-friendly strategy

(Marketwatch) Fed Chairman Jerome Powell will speak next Thursday on how the central bank plans to achieve its twin goals of stable prices and maximum employment once the coronavirus pandemic has ended. The Fed has spent the past year reviewing […]

Tesla stock surges past $2,000 to end at fresh record

(Marketwatch) Tesla Inc. TSLA, +6.56% shares gained more than 6% on Thursday to end at a record $2,001.83 and setting an intraday record of $2,021.99. The stock slipped on Wednesday, snapping a five-session winning streak and a 37% gain in […]

These market-beating stocks are still hedge-fund favorites

(Marketwatch) The stocks favored by big hedge funds continue to outpace gains by the broader market in 2020, but the ride is getting rougher thanks to rotation away from highflying growth stocks, says RBC Capital Markets. The chart below tracks […]

U.S. stock futures rise as Wall Street tries to end a record-setting week on a high note

(CNBC) U.S. stock futures rose on Thursday night as traders were set to end a week which saw the broader market reach a record level. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures traded 101 points higher, or 0.4%. S&P 500 and Nasdaq […]