A British court has granted permission for U.S.-based hedge fund Elliot Associates and Jane Street Global Trading to sue the London Metal Exchange (LME) for cancelling nickel ...
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October 10 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Ray Dalio, the billionaire founder of the world’s largest hedge fund, is stepping down from his role at the firm after 47 years.
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October 4 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Quant fund AQR Capital Management (Europe) LLP has release results for its U.K.-based operation for 2021. Once again, they're not entirely pretty.
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September 29 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
Bill Ackman, the billionaire hedge fund manager and activist investor, has an alternative idea to fight inflation: Increase immigration.
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September 23 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
LONDON, Sept 22 (Reuters) - Crispin Odey, one of Britain's best-known hedge fund managers, has made a killing this year by wagering against British government bonds, with his ...
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September 22 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading
In a world full of economic uncertainties, the countries with the largest gold reserves are far better equipped to deal with difficult situations than other nations.
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December 1 - Lists
Eric Mindich (Trades, Portfolio), founder of hedge fund Eton Park and famous for becoming at age 27 the youngest partner at Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
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October 1 - Hedge Funds
Fortress Investment Group LLC (NYSE:FIG) gave four of its top executives $63 million in compensation last year.
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September 19 - Hedge Funds
James Dinan's New York-based hedge fund firm, York Capital Management, got off to a strong start this year, making it perhaps the best-performing multistrategy firm in the first...
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August 8 - Hedge Funds
The billionaire investor and George Soros' Protégé, Stanley Druckenmiller gave a presentation discussing the Federal Reserve’s interest rate policy on CNBC’s ‘Delivering...
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August 1 - Economy, Hedge Funds, Macroeconomic Predictions, News
Famed investor Bill Ackman has been in a long-running battle against Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE:HLF), a maker of health shakes.
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July 21 - Hedge Funds
The Fed is out of step with Wall Street, say some of the country’s wealthiest investors.
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July 16 - Hedge Funds
Despite two years of courtship and promises of financial aid and tax incentives, the world's largest hedge fund — Bridgewater Associates in Westport, has rebuffed state and ...
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July 3 - Hedge Funds
The Federal Reserve’s Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) is going to release its latest policy decision in less than an hour and the market is –if you will- on hold.
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June 18 - Commodities, Economy, ETF Trading, Gold, News
On June 17, Christopher Grisanti, co-founder at Grisanti Capital Management, was interviewed on Bloomberg Television’s “Bloomberg Surveillance.” He discussed his oil investment...
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June 17 - Commodities, Economy, Macroeconomic Predictions, News
Markets are not ready for a change in the message from the Federal Reserves, Jeff Rosenberg, BlackRock's Chief Investment Strategist for Fixed Income said in an interview with...
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June 11 - Macroeconomic Predictions, News
The Milwaukee Bucks' new owners were in town Thursday taking a tour of Brew City. Marc Lasry and Wes Edens started their day at Cranky Al's in Wauwatosa.
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May 29 - Hedge Funds
Warren Buffett didn’t become the second-richest man in the world by taking silly risks.
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March 17 - Hedge Funds
Bill Ackman, the activist hedge-fund manager, sold all of his shares in General Growth Properties Inc (NYSE:GGP), one of his most profitable investments.
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February 10 - Hedge Funds
Many of you who are reading this - not the average Joe the Plumber on the street - have certainly been paying attention to the markets and the actions of the Federal Reserve over...
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January 22 - Commodities, Futures/Forex, Gold
Mondelez International Inc (NASDAQ:MDLZ), which makes Cadbury chocolate, Oreo cookies and Trident gum, said it added activist investor Nelson Peltz to its board.
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January 21 - Hedge Funds
Jeff Altman and John Paulson, two of last year’s best-performing hedge-fund managers, are predicting that stocks will continue their rally in 2014 even as the bull market approaches...
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January 21 - Hedge Funds
Exactly one year ago, billionaire hedge fund manager Edward Lampert named himself CEO of Sears Holdings Corp (NASDAQ:SHLD), taking over from former International Business ...
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January 13 - Hedge Funds
A trial starting this week over what US prosecutors say is the most lucrative insider trading scheme ever is expected to bring further pressure on Steven A Cohen, the founder ...
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January 7 - Hedge Funds
Hedge fund guru Crispin Odey has made a £22million bet that Manchester United’s poor performance on the field will be echoed in the stock market.
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December 11 - Hedge Funds
After a rocky start to the month, Barry Rosenstein's Jana Partners, the activist and event-driven hedge fund managed by the New York–based investment firm of the same name, ...
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December 3 - Hedge Funds
When the "Oracle of Omaha" talks, people listen, which is why the oil sector and Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM) -0.02% got lots of attention after regulatory filings revealed...
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November 20 - Hedge Funds
The general consensus is that the U.S. Federal Reserve will not begin to taper its asset purchases until sometime in 2014.
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November 6 - News
Kenny Rogers' "The Gambler" earned the silver-bearded singer a gazillion dollars and carried him on to fame and fortune as a rotisserie chicken magnate.
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October 22 - Gold, News
Billionaire interviews: In today's financial blogosphere, it's not uncommon to hear prominent investors sounding off on the economy, their favorite stock picks, or why they hate...
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October 16 - Hedge Funds
BAML has conducted another institutional survey for an updated look at when market players believe the U.S. Federal Reserve will taper its level of open market operations.
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October 14 - News
While we think that the shutdown is nothing more than "political theater" and should have no long-term effect on stock prices, the U.S.
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October 11 - News
Once again Warren Buffett has shown us why he ranks among the best investors in history. Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
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September 30 - Hedge Funds
Hedge Fund billionaire William Ackman has acknowledged that his big investment in J.C. Penney Company, Inc.
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September 27 - Hedge Funds
Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner shouldn't be ruled out as a candidate for the next Federal Reserve chairman, according to delegates at a big U.S.
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September 26 - Hedge Funds
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September 26 - Commodities, News
Carl Icahn Twitter: Carl Icahn is one of the most notorious investors in the hedge fund universe, and that is why it's important to follow each move made by him and his mega-...
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September 25 - Hedge Funds, News
Prominent hedge fund managers criticized President Obama's decision not nominate Larry Summers to be chairman of the Federal Reserve.
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September 25 - Hedge Funds
Advocates of buying will use arguments that feature phrases such as "throwing away money on rent," "mortgage interest rate deduction," and "forced savings." They may even appeal...
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September 23 - News
Ray Dalio manages the world's largest hedge fund, Bridgewater Associates. It has a tremendous track record, so when the man talks about markets, people usually listen.
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September 23 - Hedge Funds
ExxonMobil, the world's largest publicly-traded energy company, said on Tuesday it would cut back its staff and operations in Libya as growing instability no longer justified ...
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September 17 - Commodities, News
Editor's Note: Bank of America Corp (NYSE:BAC), JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE:JPM), Wells Fargo & Co (NYSE:WFC), American International Group Inc (NYSE:AIG), Goldman Sachs Group...
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September 13 - News
Given that this man is likely to hold the most powerful financial position in the world, Barclays has published an excellent summary of opinions Summers has voiced regarding various...
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September 3 - News
M1 consists of (1) currency outside the U.S.
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September 3 - News
Michael Karsch is returning client money in his $1.8 billion hedge-fund firm after 13 years, saying he wants to take time to contemplate the next stage of his career, according...
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August 28 - Hedge Funds
Now a buzzword, “taper” has come to symbolize the potential slowing of bond purchases that the Federal Reserve will presumably begin in the near future. The U.S.
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August 26 - Economy, Macroeconomic Predictions, News
Editor's Note: PowerShares QQQ Trust, Series 1 (ETF) (NASDAQ:QQQ), SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSEARCA:SPY), SPDR Gold Trust (ETF) (NYSEARCA:GLD), Market Vectors Gold Miners ...
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August 21 - ETF Trading, News
What I really deal with is venture capital without the returns,” Stewart Paperin tells the audience at INSEAD’s Entrepreneurial Forum in Fontainebleau recently.
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August 14 - Hedge Funds
