Category Archives: Syndicated
UBS Wealth’s Hedge Fund-Like Playbook to Beat Market Mayhem
(Bloomberg) As Wall Street frets another annus horribilis, UBS Global Wealth is embracing a playbook beloved by hedge funds — a slew of options trades that bet, for example, on the continued outperformance of U.S. healthcare stocks versus industrials when […]
Hedge Fund Armageddon
(Valuewalk) Like all industries, the hedge fund industry is highly cyclical. 2018 is proving to be a catastrophe for many of my fund brethren. Let’s face it; most hedge funds have produced pretty awful returns for the past few years—a […]
Here’s what spooked the market about the Fed Wednesday
(CNBC) Stocks plummeted through lows of the year and investors flocked to bonds after the Fed failed to sound like it was easing off its tighter policy path as much as markets had expected. The Fed raised interest rates by […]
Stocks look to be in for more pain after Fed-day rout:
(CNBC) Stocks are extremely oversold, but investors still seem bent on selling after the Federal Reserve disappointed markets with a less dovish message than expected.“The bears have been writing the script,” said Scott Redler, partner with T3Live.com. The S&P 500 […]
Stock buybacks hit a record $1.1 trillion, and the year’s not over
(CNBC) It’s official: This is an all-time record year for corporate stock buybacks.Announced buybacks for 2018 are now at $1.1 trillion. And companies are using their authorizations. About $800 billion of stock has already been bought back, leaving about $300 […]
Barclay Hedge Fund Index Down 0.28 Per Cent in November
(Hedgeweek) Hedge Funds slid 0.28 per cent in November according to the Barclay Hedge Fund Index compiled by BarclayHedge, now a division of Backstop Solutions, versus a 2.04 per cent increase in the S&P 500 Total Return Index. Year to […]
Eurekahedge Hedge Fund Index declines -2.36% as of November 2018 year-to-date
(Opalesque) The Eurekahedge Hedge Fund Index declined 2.36% as of November 2018 year-to-date, in contrast to the 8.45% gain made in 2017, which turned out to be the best year for hedge funds and equity markets since 2013. The first […]
Stan Druckenmiller: Algos Are Robbing Markets of Trade Signals
(Bloomberg) Billionaire Stan Druckenmiller is glad he’s no longer in the hedge fund business now that algorithmic and quantitative trading have taken over markets…..“I made 30 percent a year for 30 years. Now, we aren’t even in the same zip […]
Fed expected to move forward with rate hike, despite Trump’s scolding
(CNBC) The Federal Reserve is expected to raise interest rates by a quarter point Wednesday and also signal it will not be raising rates as much as it had previously forecast. Strategists say that may soothe volatile financial markets, but […]
Hedge Fund Moves At Short Ed of U.S. Curve Show Fed Cuts Not Too Far Away
(Reuters) – The Federal Reserve is expected to raise interest rates today and probably again early next year, but that will be the end of tightening cycle and it won’t be long before rate cuts are on the table. To […]
EPIC Holdings to acquire Integro USA
(Hedgeweek) EPIC Holdings is to acquire Integro Holdings, a specialty insurance brokerage and consulting business in the US with revenue in excess of USD150 million. To read this article:
Backstop Solutions Group to acquire BarclayHedge
(Hedgeweek) Backstop Solutions Group, a cloud-based productivity suite provider for institutional and alternative investors, is to acquire BarclayHedge, a provider of alternative investment data and indices. To read this article: