Hedge Crunch FinancialNatural Selection Operating on Funds So Only the Fittest Survive
The hedge fund industry as been wringing its collective hands, moaning and groaning about the non-stop closure of large numbers of funds. Perhaps this trend is not a bad thing, but rather a necessary winnowing of the weakest funds, leaving behind only the healthiest funds to continue to perform for investors. Not only are the […]
October Worst Month in Three Years for Hedge Funds
Just when hedge fund managers were started to smile again, the market took a nose dive and hedge funds followed. According to Preqin, a research company on the hedge fund industry, October 2018 was the very worst month for alternative investing vehicles since January 2016. As a group hedge funds lost 2.35%, on average, in […]
Rethinking Capitalism
According to a Gallup poll, about 51% of the US population say they are opposed to capitalism. Only 34% labeled themselves as capitalists, while 15% said they did not know. Paul Tudor Jones II presented this data to his audience at the Greenwich Economic Forum in Connecticut in mid-November and used it as a starting […]
Hedge Fund Fees Going Down
Ever since Alfred Winslow Jones created the first hedge fund in history, hedge funds have charged their customers according to the famed 2 and 20 fee structure. Anecdotally, it is said that AW Jones and Company charged 20% of profits and a 2% management fee based on the exploits of the Phoenician sea captains who […]
Hedge Fund Advisor Josh Rosner Claiming Financial Disability to Get IRS Refunds
Joshua Rosner became well known after he correctly predicted the collapse of the US housing market, the dangers lurking behind the doors of Freddie Mac and Freddie Mae, and the subsequent financial crisis. He was subsequently sought after as a thought leader on business news programs and as a witness in Congress. He even ended […]
Langlade Taking EDL to Switzerland
London-based hedge fund EDL Capital is moving to Switzerland. Edouard de Langlade, who used to be part of Moore Capital, has decided to take his fund out of London and join the sector in Switzerland. EDL is a macro hedge fund started by Langlade in September 2015. Macro hedge funds bet on macroeconomic trends and […]
Hedge Fund Manager Says He Will Take Bitcoin for His New York Mansion
Roy Niederhoffer, president of hedge fund manager RG Niederhoffer Capital Management, needed some digs in 2013. He was renovating a Manhattan house that he owned, and he was living in a rental, but he was not happy with the situation. As luck would have it, all three units that of a mansion that Niederhoffer […]
Hedge Funds Betting Big on Distressed New York Taxi Business
Hedge funds specializing in buying into distressed sectors in the hope of seeing a turn around in that sector’s popularity, have been buying what used to be coveted taxi medallions. The value of medallions, the metal shield that taxi owners attach to the hood of their cabs are the license that legally allows cabs to […]
Running a Hedge Fund “Aint What It Used to Be”
After several decades of bringing home millions of dollars for himself and his clients, Jonathan Jacobson founder of Highfields Capital Management has decided its time to shake things up a bit. Here is how he described how burnout feels in the upper atmosphere: “Done correctly, money management is an all-consuming, 24/7 pursuit… After three-and-a-half decades […]