New York (HedgeCo.net) – The latest report from eVestment showed that over the past year, funds of hedge funds have performed better than hedge funds themselves. The semi-annual report for July reported that the average fund of funds gained 6.65% […]

New York (HedgeCo.Net) The liquid alternative industry has experienced tremendous growth over the last seven years, with assets under management going from $100 billion to $440 billion during this time period. As impressive as the growth has been, the alternative […]

New York (HedgeCo.Net) The American Association of Individual Investors started their weekly sentiment survey in June of 1987. This past week’s results caused a record to be broken, but what that record means is uncertain. For the sixteenth straight week […]

New York (HedgeCo.net) – One day after having a noted financial consultant advise clients to leave one of their hedge funds, Carlyle Group LP reported on Wednesday that their earnings dropped 38% on a year over year basis. Much of […]

New York (HedgeCo.net) – Credit Suisse released its mid-year hedge fund survey yesterday and there were some very revealing highlights about the industry. The survey polled over 200 institutional investors from around the globe with just over half being in […]

New York (HedgeCo.net) – Most of the recent headlines regarding commodity based hedge funds have been about poor performance or funds closing down, but Wells Fargo & Co.’s wealth management division is launching a new fund in the midst of […]

New York (HedgeCo.net) – The Carlyle Group is one of the largest alternative investment firms in the world, but the Washington D.C. based firm may not be as big if investors listen to a noted financial consultant. Cliffwater LLC is […]

New York (HedgeCo.net) – While Iran may have come to an agreement with the United States and the United Nations regarding its nuclear operations, is the world ready to invest in Iran? What about U.S. citizens? One hedge fund manager […]

New York (HedgeCo.net) – Over the course of the last year, most commodities have seen significant declines in their prices. Oil is down over 50%, platinum is down over 30%, silver is down over 25% and gold is down over […]

New York (HedgeCo.net) – After the drubbing the Chinese market took on Monday, regulators enacted measures to halt the slide. These measures included allowing 1,400 companies to halt trading and providing the China Securities Finance Corp., a state-run financing vehicle […]

New York (HedgeCo.net) The second quarter was a tough one for investors as the overall market dropped sharply in the last week of the quarter to take the Dow and the S&P into negative territory for the quarter and erased […]

New York (HedgeCo.net) Over the last 30 trading days, the overall stock market has seen its share of volatility with the S&P 500 gaining just under 2% from June 15 through June 23 and then losing over 3.5% from June […]