Top 20 Hedge Funds with Highest Returns
HSBC Hedge Weekly, in its issue Nr. 48, has published a list of the best hedge fund returns. Out of the issue, we have selected the list with top 20......(read more)
Posts Tagged ‘Hedge Fund Returns’
Hedge Fund Returns in 2013: The Top 20
Hedge fund returns: HSBC Hedge Weekly (issue No. 36) has issued a list of the best hedge fund returns in 2013. We’ve shared the top 20 from that......(read more)
Why Stephen Taub is Dead Wrong About Following Hedge Funds’ 13F Filings
Here at Insider Monkey, we’re big believers of imitating the smart money. Over at Institutional Investor’s Alpha, Stephen Taub penned an article......(read more)
How did Einhorn’s, Ackman’s, and Paulson’s Stock Picks Perform?
Second quarter wasn’t very kind to most hedge fund managers‘ long positions. S&P 500 index ETF (SPY) lost 2.84% during the quarter. Most......(read more)
Do Hedge Funds Manipulate Their Returns?
In 2011 Vikas Agarwal, Naveen D. Daniel, and Narayan Y. Naik published an academic paper at The Review of Financial Studies titled “Do Hedge Funds Manage......(read more)
Hedge Funds Fees: 47% of Total Returns Over the Past Five Years
There are some numbers hedge fund investors need to know. Hedge fund fees is one of them. Financial Times did an analysis of hedge fund fees and returns......(read more)
Ex-Goldman Sachs Traders Find Making Money Isn’t Easy
When ex-Goldman Sachs (GS) Group traders Pierre-Henri Flamand and Morgan Sze left the company, they were able raise “more than $4.5 billion for......(read more)
Top 10 Hedge Funds in 2011
We have been compiling hedge fund returns in 2011 for the past couple of weeks. We gathered returns for more than 60 hedge funds we are tracking. Here......(read more)
Hedge Fund Returns In 2011
HSBC published the Hedge Weekly #53, revealing a list of hedge funds’ return in 2011. The report didn’t have some of the hedge funds Insider Monkey......(read more)
Investors Disappointed at Lackluster Hedge Fund Performance
The affair between hedge funds and their investors is over. Hedge funds are an asset class that used to be famous for its ability to make money in all......(read more)
Fir Tree Real Estate Fund, New Clarium Fund, Arrowhead Ponzi Case
Fir Tree Nets $628M For Real Estate Fund (FINAlternatives) The $7 billion New York-based firm announced that its Real Estate Opportunity Fund II garnered......(read more)
Bruce Berkowitz, Low Returns, High Redemptions and ‘Average Down’
Bruce Berkowitz has had an amazing track record. For years, his Fairholme Fund has produced consistently high returns. Of course, with the sweet comes......(read more)
John Paulson’s 2011 Returns and Performance
John Paulson has had a rough year, in fact the worst of his career reports Bloomberg, but if October is any indication, he could be on the rebound. The......(read more)
David Baran’s Hedge Fund Symphony Financial is the Top Fund in August
David Baran’s hedge fund, Symphony Financial has been outperforming its peers. His fund “rose by more than 14.8% while most hedge funds scrambled......(read more)
Donald Yacktman’s Fund Outperforming 96% of Peers
Donald Yacktman is one of the most successful fund managers in the industry reports Businessweek....(read more)
Odey European’s Crispin Odey is on a Losing Streak
Odey European‘s Crispin Odey is having a bad year. His London-based hedge fund has lost 22% YTD after falling 8.3% in September reports BusinessInsider......(read more)
Hedge Fund Exits Rise in September
According to Reuters, “Investors pulled out around five times more cash from hedge funds in the month to October 1 than in the prior period, during......(read more)
Hedge Fund Returns Through June 2011
Hedge funds aren’t performing very well this year because of their hedges. We calculated the returns for hedge funds’ 13F holdings in S&......(read more)
Greenlight Capital Performed Worse Than Greenlight Capital’s Monkey Portfolio
We have been telling people that small investors can imitate hedge funds’ top positions and perform better than index funds. During the second quarter......(read more)
Is Carl Icahn Bullish or Bearish About The Stock Market?
Carl Icahn sent a letter to his investors announcing that he is returning all outside capital because he doesn’t want to be responsible to limited......(read more)
Hedge Fund Returns in February
Hedge funds gain in February(Reuters) The average hedge fund returned 1.39 percent last month, according to the Hennessee Group while the Standard &......(read more)
Oaktree Evergreen Funds – 2010 Returns
Here is how Oaktree’s Howard Marks explains the 2010 performance of the Oaktree Evergreen Funds: Our oldest evergreen fund, the Emerging Markets......(read more)
David Einhorn’s Greenlight Down Around 2% Through February
One of the ways of following David Einhorn’s performance is through the disclosures made by Greenlight Capital Re (GLRE). Greenlight Re posted on......(read more)
Hedge Fund Returns: Pershing Square, SAC Capital, Third Point
Pershing Square’s flagship fund returned 3.1% in February, bringing its return to 0.5% through February (FinAlternatives). FinAlternatives also......(read more)
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....(read more)
Largest Currency Hedge Fund: Euro Will Depreciate to $1
The world’s largest currency hedge fund, John Taylor’s FX Concepts, predicted that the euro will depreciate to $1 in 2011. John Taylor suggests......(read more)
John Paulson’s (Paulson & Co.) 2010 Returns
John Paulson’s (Paulson & Co.) 2010 returns made the headlines recently. On December 17th, Financial Times reported that John Paulson‘......(read more)
Och-Ziff Capital Management (OZM) 2010 Returns
Och-Ziff Capital Management (OZM) provided preliminary estimates for its December and 2010 returns in various funds: December 2010 OZ Master Fund, Ltd......(read more)
Hedge Fund Performance Numbers: What to Expect
2010 was a very volatile year and it wasn’t a good year for many hedge funds. We previously reported that Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square is having......(read more)
Daniel Loeb Vs. Ken Griffin; Loeb Got Less Pay For Nearly Twice The Success
Daniel Loeb is famous for his entertaining letters to CEOs that show his displeasure with their management style or other actions. In 2005, Daniel Loeb......(read more)
Scoggin Capital, Craig Effron and Curtis Schenker’s Returns and Alpha
Scoggin Capital’s Craig Effron and Curtis Schenker have been in business since 1988, returning in excess of 15 percent annually after fees. Scoggin......(read more)
Pershing Square’s Return: When Market Prices Aren’t Really Market Prices
Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square posted a gross 15% return in November when all but one stock in his fund returned less than 15%. The only stock other......(read more)
Is Pershing Square Hiding Something Or Was Dealbreaker Duped?
Dealbreaker today reported that Pershing Square returned 15% in November. Insider Monkey likes Bill Ackman even though he swam naked in Turkey. He’......(read more)
