If someone is looking for convincing arguments about the wildly publicized doom of the hedge fund business, they don’t need to look far beyond the 2017...
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May 23 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Considering that you are reading this article on a website that focuses on hedge fund investments, it’s likely that you are aware of the so-called ‘...
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May 17 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
The dismal performance, redemptions and shuttering of some hedge funds have received significant media attention in the past two years. Given that the...
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May 16 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
The technology sector managed to outperform most other sectors and indices by a wide margin in 2016 and is continuing to do so this year. While last year...
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April 4 - Hedge Funds, News, Tech - Comments
Unlike some of the other 140 Biggest and Most Famous Activist Hedge Funds, which have seen their assets under management dwindle due to poor performance...
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March 7 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Abrams Capital, the Boston-based, value-focused hedge fund founded by reclusive billionaire David Abrams, recently revealed its 13F portfolio as of the...
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March 7 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Debt securities maverick and billionaire Marc Lasry might be performing well on the basketball court lately, but his performance in the markets has taken...
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March 1 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
David Einhorn‘s Greenlight Capital, one of the biggest and most famous activist hedge funds, is one of the few funds that managed to end 2016...
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February 22 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Last year, billionaire George Soros lost his social and political clout by betting against the winning candidate, Donald Trump, during the U.S. presidential...
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February 22 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
2016 was unarguably one of the worst years for John Paulson‘s Paulson & Co. since its inception in 1994. According to a recent report by hedge...
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February 21 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
With around $35 billion in assets under management (AUM) (as of 2014), the Tennessee-based Southeastern Asset Management is considered one of the largest...
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February 21 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Notable value investor and billionaire Michael Price recently has revealed his equity portfolio as of the end of 2016 via a 13F filing submitted with...
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February 20 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
The glorious performance that Millennium Management, a hedge fund founded by billionaire Israel ‘Izzy’ Englander, has exhibited over the...
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February 20 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Founded in 2000 by Jeffrey Ubben, Peter Kamin and George Hamel Jr., ValueAct Capital is today one of the largest activist hedge funds in the world. The...
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February 17 - Activism, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
The last two years have been dismal for Fir Tree, the hedge fund founded by Jeffrey Tannenbaum. Launched in 1994, Fir Tree grew from strength to strength...
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February 17 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Billionaire Mario Gabelli is among the few value investors on the Street who don’t shy away from speaking their mind or revealing their trade ideas...
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February 16 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Billionaire activist investor Carl Icahn has been constantly in the news since Donald Trump launched his Presidential campaign. During the campaign, the...
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February 16 - Activism, Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
2016 was again a dismal year for the hedge fund industry, with a lot of hedge funds failing to beat the benchmark and some trailing it by a huge margin...
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February 15 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Being a long-term investors, billionaire Ken Fisher rarely makes drastic changes in his portfolio. However, there are always a few stocks in a portfolio...
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February 14 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
The Goodhaven Fund (GOODX) is a mutual fund run and managed by Florida-based investment advisory company Goodhaven Capital Management. In its latest...
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February 14 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
The popularity of index funds and ETFs has risen exponentially since the financial crisis of 2008-2009, to the point where they now overshadow their actively...
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February 7 - Hedge Fund Investor Letters, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Hedge fund legend Julian Robertson closed his hedge fund Tiger Management to outside investors way back in 2000 and has been using it as a vehicle to...
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November 25 - Dividend Stocks, Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Kynikos, the hedge fund of revered short seller Jim Chanos, recently disclosed its U.S public equity portfolio as of September 30, which contained assets...
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November 24 - ETF Trading, Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Baker Bros. Advisors has arguably been the most successful healthcare-focused hedge fund on the Street in recent years. Founded by brothers Julian Baker...
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November 24 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
While the equity markets are currently trading at their multi-year highs and most market participants expect them to soar even higher, the fund managers...
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November 24 - Hedge Fund Investor Letters, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
New York-based, privately-owned hedge fund Fir Tree Partners recently disclosed its U.S public equity portfolio as of the end of third quarter via a 13F...
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November 23 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News, Options - Comments
Connecticut-based investment management giant AQR Capital Management recently submitted its 13F filing with the SEC for the quarter ended September 30...
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November 22 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News, Tech - Comments
Kyle Bass became a kind of legend on Wall Street after he generated an annual return of over 212% the very next year after he founded his hedge fund Hayman...
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November 21 - ETF Trading, Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News, Options - Comments
Billionaire Mario Gabelli, who manages around $37.5 billion through his hedge fund GAMCO Investors, was one of the few Wall Street titans who had predicted...
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November 21 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Billionaire George Soros has fought several battles in his life and won most of them. However, the election of Donald Trump as POTUS will probably go...
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November 17 - ETF Trading, Gold, Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Erstwhile corporate raider and revered activist investor Carl Icahn has been in the news quite a bit over the past few days following fellow billionaire...
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November 17 - Activism, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Moore Capital Management, the New York-based asset management firm founded by billionaire trader Louis Bacon, recently revealed its U.S equity portfolio...
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November 16 - ETF Trading, Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News, Options - Comments
March Altus Capital Management is a Connecticut-based long/short equity hedge fund that primarily invests in healthcare stocks. The fund was started in...
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November 15 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
ValueWorks LLC is a New York-based, value-focused long/short equity hedge fund founded in 2001 by Charles Lemonides, a CFA who previously served as the...
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November 15 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Hong-Kong based, tech-focused hedge fund Keywise Capital Management recently submitted its 13F for the September quarter with the SEC, revealing a U.S...
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November 15 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Risk arbitrage and bankruptcy-focused hedge fund Havens Advisors LLC recently submitted its latest 13F filing with the SEC, revealing a US public equity...
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November 15 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Drew Cupps‘ Chicago-based asset management firm, Cupps Capital Management, has been in the news of late after it announced that its five-member...
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November 15 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
William von Mueffling became a revered name on Wall Street in the late 90’s, when he held on to his conviction and shorted tech stocks aggressively...
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November 14 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Forward Management, the California-based multi-strategy hedge fund that was acquired by Salient Partners last year, recently submitted its 13F filing...
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November 14 - Dividend Stocks, ETF Trading, Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Just like Main Street, this election season also saw Wall Street divided into two factions based on who they supported. However, the limelight that the...
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November 14 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Boston-based hedge fund Fort Warren Capital Management is predicting a doomsday scenario for equities in the coming months, if one goes by the latest...
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November 11 - ETF Trading, Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
US-based multinational giants like PepsiCo, Inc. (NYSE:PEP), The Coca-Cola Co (NYSE:KO), and Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) might not be hurt in other countries...
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November 11 - News, Tech - Comments
Anthony Scaramucci is perhaps one of the most well known hedge fund managers on the Street today. Having started his career at Goldman Sachs and worked...
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November 8 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Founded by John Zaro in 1999, Bourgeon Capital is a Connecticut-based long/short equity hedge fund. The fund is currently co-managed by Mr. Zaro along...
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November 8 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News, Tech - Comments
Billionaire George Soros has been in the news a lot during the current Presidential elections, most recently being at the center of controversy over ...
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October 31 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
While the broader market has delivered rather tepid returns so far in 2016, there have been some stocks, like always, that have outperformed the benchmarks...
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October 28 - Hedge Funds, Market Movers, News - Comments
Apart from technology, if there ever was a sector that short sellers were afraid to touch for fear of being squeezed out vehemently, it has to be biotech...
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October 23 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
The prominence of quantitative hedge funds in the alternative asset management space has increased exponentially since the turn of the century, with several...
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October 22 - Hedge Funds, News, Quantitative Investing - Comments
The world of investing in the past few decades has broadly been divided in two categories- value and growth. Whereas value investors generally look for...
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October 21 - Hedge Funds, News, Tech - Comments
The equity markets have largely been flat for almost three months now, but that hasn’t stopped traders from betting against some individual stocks...
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October 21 - News - Comments
