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Hedge Fund Risk Retreat Largest in a Decade, Morgan Stanley Says
Global equity hedge funds cut risk at the steepest rate in more than a decade through the first week of November as a widespread unwind gathered steam, Morgan Stanley prime brokers wrote in a note dated Tuesday. The gross market value of long-short…
Equity Dispersion Trade Risks a Blowup, Hedge Fund CEO Warns
Investors enjoying a golden era for the equity dispersion trade should be braced for pain if the market shifts suddenly, according to a hedge fund manager. “The dispersion trade is a ticking time bomb,” Will Bartlett, chief executive…
Hedge Funds Ask SEC, CFTC to Go Slow in Push to 24/7 Trading
The Trump administration should proceed slowly in the ramp up to round-the-clock trading, the Managed Funds Association said in a letter sent Tuesday to US government regulators. The group, which represents hedge funds and private credit firms…
French bond turmoil draws attention to hedge funds' growing role
France's 10-year government borrowing cost reached its highest level since 2002 amid volatile bond trading, Reuters reported in “French bond turmoil shines spotlight on hedge funds,” published Nov. 10. Large investors linked the speed…
Hedge Funds Dumped Tech at a Near-Record Pace Right Before Chip Stocks Jumped 7%
Goldman Sachs prime brokerage data through November 6, 2026, showed hedge funds sold technology stocks at a pace roughly matching the highest levels on record since 2016. The morning that data was reported, November 9, the Philadelphia…
Global Macro Funds Seen as Next Positioning Risk for US Stocks
Last week's rout in US stocks may have flushed out some concentration excess in the markets, but it didn't eliminate it entirely. Global macro hedge funds, which trade products such as equity indexes and exchange-traded funds, have barely reduced…
Goldman U.S. Long-Short Clients Cut Leverage as Tech Leads Net Selling
Goldman Sachs' prime brokerage data showed technology leading sector net selling across its global and U.S. client books last week, while U.S. fundamental long-short clients reduced leverage sharply, Bloomberg reported. For those U.S. clients…
SiTime Stock: Same AI Boom, Different Cycle (NASDAQ:SITM)
SiTime delivered strong Q3 results, beating guidance and raising Q4 outlook, yet shares remain down 34% since September amid sector-wide AI correction. SITM's growth is driven by unit volume, not price hikes, with gross margins rising to 70.7%…
ProShares Ultra QQQ: When To Bet Aggressively On A Nasdaq 100 Rebound (NYSEARCA:QLD)
D.M. Martins Research 21.59K Followers ProShares Ultra QQQ ETF offers leveraged exposure to Nasdaq 100, targeting twice the daily returns but amplifying both gains and losses. QLD's volatility drag and high expense ratio require disciplined risk…
Nvidia taps former acting US attorney to investigate CEO Jensen Huang
Nvidia has hired a former federal prosecutor and a Wall Street law firm to investigate CEO Jensen Huang, who is facing scrutiny for having an extramarital romantic relationship with an alleged Chinese spy. “The independent members of the…
Who keeps crashing China's sharemarket?
You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. You've used all of your gift articles. 3 more will become available on the 1st of every month. China is scrambling to contain a sharemarket rout…
Prediction Markets Are Truly Predicting
2 years ago people thought the idea that prediction markets would actually create accurate data points for major world events was a meme. At 6pm on November 3rd Americans were starting to get the results of the midterm elections. TV networks were…
If anyone needed further convincing, missive from £18.7bn Scottish company fits bill
The £18.7 billion Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust has not itself been a target of US hedge fund manager Boaz Weinstein's Saba Capital Management. However, two other investment trusts managed by Baillie Gifford, which runs Scottish…
The boom your paycheck missed
Friday's jobs report was a rout. Employers added 165,000 jobs in October, 100,000 more than economists expected, and the unemployment rate fell to 4.1%. Third-quarter GDP grew at a 3.4% annual rate in the first estimate. By any scoreboard, the…
Bridgepoint sees opportunity in 're-rated' real estate
Higher interest rates have created a new headwind for many real-estate funds. Bridgepoint Group sees growing opportunity in overlooked corners of the property market. A version of this article appeared in CNBC's Inside Alts newsletter, a guide to…
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