What Are Hedge Funds?
Generally speaking, a hedge fund is an aggressively managed portfolio using advanced investment strategies – including leveraged, long, and short positions – as a means of...
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Hedge Fund News: Barclays, Agecroft, Henry Kravis
British bank Barclays PLC (NYSE:BCS) is set to fight a potentially record $470 million penalty from U.S.
Who’s Been the Best Performing Fund of the Third Quarter?
Fortress Investment Group is the top-performing fund of the third quarter of the over 400 funds and investors we track, seeing a return of almost 44% during 3Q.
Facebook Inc. (FB) Hasn’t Scared Hedge Funds Out of Private Equity
Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ:FB) has caused many a headache in the investing world. After the so-called debacle that was the Facebook Inc.
Hedge Fund News: Pfizer, General Motors, Paul Tudor Jones
Pfizer (PFE) Inc., Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) and Elan Corp.
Hedge Fund News: Paul Tudor Jones, Randy Smith, OrbiMed
The European arm of the Tudor Group, the US hedge fund founded by Paul Tudor Jones II, paid its staff a bumper $62m last year after a profitable 2011, despite the travails of ...
Hedge Fund News: Boaz Weinstein, Russell Wasendorf, Twitter
New York City’s Fifth Avenue has a new resident from the hedge fund world.
Hedge Fund News: Mohnish Pabrai, Eric Sprott, Paul Singer
Celebrity financier Arpad Busson has been mulling a sale of EIM, the hedge fund investor he founded in the 1990s, for several months but buyers with pockets as big as the firm...
Hedge Fund News, Jim Rogers, Warren Buffett, John Paulson…
Hedge fund assets under management could reach $2.13 trillion at the end of the year, as investors put more cash into the industry and managers report positive returns, a survey...
Fortress Investment Group $FIG Faces Fraud Charges
Fortress Investment Group (FIG), which is managed by Michael Novogratz, has been named as a defendant in a 48-page complaint filed with the Los Angles County Superior Court on...
Mudd Steps Down From Fortress, Soros’ Warning, Hedge Funds And Greece…
Several high-profile hedge fund managers are preparing to strike out on their own this year, supported by strong followings and unfazed by a year of poor industry performance ...
Hedge Funds Lose Big After Salesforce.com $CRM Slips Almost 11%
Jim Cramer told "Mad Money" viewers on October 31 that he'd rather bet with Salesforce.com (CRM) than against them (check it out here), explaining that the cloud business is stronger...
Schafer’s OSS Shuts Down, Kraft $KFT Split, EU Suspends Greek Aid
After more than 40 years as a noted stock-picker and market commentator, Oscar Schafer plans to close down his hedge fund in the next six months, investors said. The decision...
Hedge Fund News: Fortress, Massachusetts Hedge Fund Insider Trading Case
Fortress Investment Group LLC (FIG), the buyout and hedge-fund firm run by Daniel Mudd, started an Asia-focused macro hedge fund that it aims to grow to $500 million, three people...
Fortress Macro Fund Returned 10.7% in 2010
Fortress Macro Fund returned 2.8% in December and 10.7% for 2010. Fortress Investment Group (FIG) trades on the NYSE.
