Category Archives: HedgeCoVest News
Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index Shows a Loss of 1.41% in September
New York (HedgeCo.net) – The last of the major hedge fund indices released results yesterday and the Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index (CSHFI) showed a loss of 1.41% for the industry as a whole. The loss in September took the […]
Hedge Funds and Politics Making News
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Politics and hedge funds seem to be colliding in every corner of the world right now. With the Presidential campaigning in the United States just getting started for the 2016 election, several hedge fund managers are […]
Hedge Fund Focused on Marijuana Industry Looks to Canada
New York (HedgeCo.net) – The ETF industry has exploded over the last 16 years and there is a fund that focuses on just about every market in the world and one very almost every industry imaginable. The hedge fund industry […]
Last Week Was a Rough One for Bill Ackman
New York (HedgeCo.net) – The overall market may have moved higher last week, but Bill Ackman didn’t have a good week at all as two of his largest holdings fell sharply during the week. Valeant Pharmaceuticals (NYSE: VRX) is Ackman’s […]
Icahn Forms PAC to Use Activist Approach On Members of Congress
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Hedge fund manager and activist investor Carl Icahn has announced that he is forming a political action committee in order to fix Congress. Icahn made the announcement with a tweet that simply said, “I am starting […]
Einhorn Makes Changes to Portfolio
New York (HedgeCo.net) – With his Greenlight Capital fund suffering through a 17% loss so far in 2015, David Einhorn has made a number of changes to the holdings in the portfolio. According to separate reports from Reuters and CNBC, […]
Valeant’s Fall Continues, Hedge Funds Among Major Holders
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Valeant Pharmaceuticals (NYSE: VRX) tumbled almost 28% in yesterday’s trading action and that extended the drop in the stock price by almost 60% since its peak in early August. Yesterday’s decline came about as the result […]
StoneCastle Financial Brings Back CDOs, Could Be Tough Sale
New York (HedgeCo.net) – During the financial crisis in 2008, most of the world learned about collateralized debt obligations or CDOs for the first time. Unfortunately, CDOs were not seen in a positive light as they were at the root […]
Energy Industry Debt Hurting Some Hedge Funds
New York (HedgeCo.net) – It appears as though a very popular trade heading in to 2015 isn’t working out the way some hedge fund managers thought it would. The strategy was buying the debt of energy companies after oil prices […]
Hedge Funds Are Fleeing Stocks: One Chart Tells The Story
(Benzinga) Evercore ISI’s recent hedge fund survey indicated that funds have their lowest net-long exposure to stocks in two years.Net-long exposure to stocks peaked in September of 2014.Analyst James Walsh said that funds’ net exposure has been a good contrary […]
China’s Crackdown on Stock Trading Impacts Copper Trading
New York (HedgeCo.net) – While regulators in China have been cracking down and restricting stock trading on its exchanges, there has been an unintended consequence on copper trading. According to a report from the Wall Street Journal, trading in stock […]
Buffett and Gross Both Take Jabs at Hedge Funds
New York (HedgeCo.net) – In the past few days, both Warren Buffett and Bill Gross have taken jabs at the hedge fund industry. Speaking at Fortune Magazine’s Most Powerful Women Summit on Tuesday, Buffett criticized the fee structure of hedge […]