Hedge Fund - York Capital Management

Six to seven weeks after the end of a fiscal quarter, hedge funds and other major investors are required to file 13Fs with the SEC.

Small-cap and mid-cap stocks are the source of much of a hedge fund’s alpha, as these stocks are less covered by the media and other large investors and therefore are more likely to be inefficiently...

Value investors know that low price-to-earnings multiples are a good place to start looking for good values, but this metric gives no weight to a stock’s growth potential.

James Dinan founded York Capital in 1991 and now has a net worth estimated at $1.4 billion.

James Dinan is one of the hedge fund industry's best success stories, rising to be one of its highest paid earners after losing it all on one black Monday morning in 1987.

The detention of the ship was ordered on application to a court by Elliott Capital Management, which has bought up debt associated with bonds on which the Argentinian government defaulted in 2001.

James Dinan's York Capital Management is a 20-year-old fund with an impressive performance record—the fund lost value in only three of those years.