Category Archives: HedgeCoVest News
Dalio Defends Risk-Parity Strategy
New York (HedgeCo.net) – As if taking his worst monthly loss in two years wasn’t bad enough, now Ray Dalio is having to defend his risk-parity strategy from other hedge fund managers. Dalio’s Bridgewater Associates and their All Weather Fund […]
Credit Suisse Index Falls In August
New York (HedgeCo.net) – The Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index, the last of the main hedge fund indices, released August results yesterday and it showed the broad index lost 1.99% during the month. The monthly result erased the gains from […]
GM Popular With Hedge Funds
New York (HedgeCo.net) – General Motors was a stalwart investment for portfolio managers as the company was relatively stable and paid a decent dividend. Of course that was before we entered the 21st century and the company declared bankruptcy and […]
Majority of Models Outperform Overall Market for August
New York (HedgeCo.Net) August was a brutal month for the global stock market as major indices, in most cases, dropped over eight percent. The S&P dropped 6.26% and that made it one of the leading indices from around the globe. […]
Hedge Fund Indices Showing Small Losses For August
New York (HedgeCo.net) — As the results of different hedge funds have been coming out over the last two weeks, we have seen some fairly large losses from some of the more high-profile funds. However, the hedge fund indices have […]
Institutions Lightening Up on Bearish Bets Ahead Of Fed Meeting
New York (HedgeCo.net) – The latest Commitment of Traders report for 30-day Treasury bills showed that large speculators have lightened up considerably on their bearish sentiment. The large speculator group is made up mostly of hedge funds and other institutional […]
Modern Portfolio Theory Needs To Be Modernized
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Modern Portfolio Theory (MPT) has been a successful investment theory over the years. At the heart of MPT is the idea of diversification and the fact that risk can be reduced through a well-diversified portfolio with […]
Chinese Probes Shaking Confidence Of Fund Managers
New York (HedgeCo.net) – As the Shanghai Composite Index continues its volatile ways with a definite downward skew, Chinese authorities have stepped up their investigations as to what is causing the chaotic swings. According to a recent report from Reuters, […]
Small Speculators Reach Extreme Bearish Level On S&P Futures
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Normally we focus on the large speculator group when we look at the commitment of traders (COT) reports, but the recent activity by small speculators in the S&P futures COT report caught our attention. In just […]
Hedge Funds For The Masses
(ABC News) Hedge funds aren’t just for the 1 percent anymore. The mutual-fund industry wants average investors to get into its own version of hedge funds, saying they can offer protection when the stock market is tumbling…. These funds, also […]
Bloomberg Article Questions Worthiness of Hedge Funds
New York (HedgeCo.net) – In an article on Bloomberg yesterday, author Sheelah Kolhatkar asked “Are Hedge Funds Still for Suckers?” The article cited the performance over the last few months mainly and it looked at the performance of well-known funds […]
Appaloosa’s David Tepper Making Noise
New York (HedgeCo.net) – David Tepper, founder and President of Appaloosa Management, was all over the news on Thursday. There were articles from Business Insider, CNBC, Reuters and two from Market Watch. So what was all the news? Interestingly enough, […]