Category Archives: Syndicated
PG&E Stock Is Going to Zero, Hedge Fund Says
(Barrons) Shares of bankrupt California utility PG&E (PCG) have been going up, but this investor says it’s based on false hope. To read this article:
Fed Whiplash Leaves Traders Betting Next Policy Move Will Be Cut
(Yahoo News) Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s first press conference of 2019 left market expectations for an interest-rate hike this year hanging by a thread, and raised the chances of a cut in 2020. To read this article:
Hedge Funds Recorded Best Outperformance Over Equities Since 2011 in 2018
(Hedgeweek) The Mizuho-Eurekahedge Index (USD), an asset-weighted index representing the global hedge fund industry performance was down 0.39 per cent in December, bringing its year-to-date loss to 4.09 per cent amidst the global equity market sell-off. Despite ending the year […]
Pearl Capital Advisors Hedged VIX program ends 2018 up +14.85%
(Opalesque) Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York for New Managers: While many volatility traders were caught out with directional bets in 2018, one fund managed to stay above the fray and end the year positively. Pearl Capital Advisors Hedged VIX program […]
Investor confidence down by 9.4 points in January to 70.2
(Hedgeweek) The State Street Global Investor Confidence Index decreased to 70.2 in January, down 9.4 points from December’s revised reading of 79.6. To read this article:
Challenge ahead for Hang Seng
(The Technical Analyst) A bullish chart pattern has completed on the Hang Seng Index but tough resistance remains not far above current levels, say David Sneddon and his team at Credit Suisse in London. David Sneddon, Pascal Zingg and James […]
A London Hedge Fund Giant Is Looking to Build Low-Income Homes
(Bloomberg)An acute shortage of subsidized housing for low-income families in the U.K. is drawing some unexpected investors. Man Group Plc, the world’s largest publicly traded hedge fund manager, is poised to start a fund to finance construction of affordable homes, […]
Hedge Funds Are Behaving Like We Just Had a Financial Crisis
(Bloomberg) Hedge funds haven’t been chasing the January rebound in U.S. equities on the heels of their worst year since 2011. According to Macro Risk Advisors, these big-money managers are acting much more like it’s the aftermath of the 2008 […]
Edison Partners leads $7M round into investment research platform Bipsync
(Opalesque) Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Growth equity firm Edison Partners has led a $7 million round into Bipsync, a software solution for investment research founded by Tiger Cub Danny Donado. FINTOP Capital also participated in the round. Bipsync is […]
Determining The Optimal Size For A Hedge Fund
(AlphaWeek) The complicated reality is that managers and investors do not have fully aligned motivations To read this article:
Skittish investors drive hedge fund redemptions to $29.1bn in November
(Hedgeweek) Hedge fund redemptions picked up speed in November, falling short of September’s five-year high but outpacing October’s level, according to the Barclay Fund Flow Indicator, published by BarclayHedge, a division of Backstop Solutions. To read this article:
Cramer on Apple earnings: The haters have ‘no more new ammunition’
(CNBC) Apple’s many haters are at a loss for negative things to say about the company now that its first-quarter earnings came in less awful than many feared, CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Tuesday. “The issue for those who hate Apple? […]