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Hedge Funds Thrive in 2025
Hedge fund investors haven't had it this good since the aftermath of the financial crisis. Data compiled by industry tracker Hedge Fund Research showing that the industry posted its best year since 2009, with gains of about 12.6%. Bloomberg's Hedge…
Europe's Gas and Power Hedge Funds Are Set to Cash In
This article is for subscribers only. Welcome to our guide to the commodities driving the global economy. Today, reporter Priscila Azevedo Rocha looks at a major overhaul coming in European natural gas and power markets. The work-life balance of…
Hedge Funds Turn Chaos Into Cash for Best Gains in 16 Years
Hedge fund investors haven't had it this good since the aftermath of the global financial crisis. The $5 trillion industry posted its best returns since 2009 with gains of about 12.6% last year, according to data compiled by industry tracker Hedge…
Hedge Fund Anson Bets on Canada's Real Estate After Scoring Wins
Anson Funds Management is bullish on Canada's real estate market after its flagship fund doubled its returns to 21.2% last year, thanks to big wins on some of its housing bets. That compares to a 10.1% gain for the Anson Master Fund in 2024. The…
Hedge funds had their best year since 2009. These 2 strategies drove the biggest returns
The global hedge fund industry delivered a 12.6% annual return last year across all strategy types, its biggest since the Global Financial Crisis. The returns were driven mainly by stock-picking strategies that bet long and short on equity markets…
CNBC Daily Open: Investors look past Powell probe
Venezuela's stock benchmark has gained more than 130% since the U.S. operation on Jan. 3. Apple will use Google's Gemini for its AI-powered Siri. Investors are piling into a European defense spending 'mega-trend,' pushing up defense stocks. U.S.
How to watch Industry and when it's out - so you don't miss an episode
It's a fact: Industry is one of the most underrated shows on TV right now. The high-stakes finance drama recently returned to our screens for its hotly anticipated fourth season, which sees main characters Yasmin (Marisa Abela) and Harper (Myha'la)…
Wellcome Trust builds £3.7bn war chest over stock market crash fears
Britain's biggest charity, the Wellcome Trust, has amassed a near-£4bn war chest of cash amid fears of a stock market meltdown. The endowment fund, best known for operating the Wellcome Collection museum in London, said it was keeping about…
Wall Street Is Dancing While Trump Assaults Free Markets. It Won't End Well
Imagine if President Barack Obama — or God forbid, Bernie Sanders — decided to have the Justice Department open a criminal investigation into the chairman of the Federal Reserve. What if a Democratic president unilaterally jacked up…
Let's Explore Trump's 'Large Institutional Investors' Home Ban Idea…
I have for years described D.C. as the Butcher of America. Our alleged representatives have long been carving up the country — and selling it by the pound to the globalist money men and women. Very few things better quantify and qualify this…
Rehana Farrell Tells Women in Finance to 'Raise Your Hand, Take Risks'
When she graduated from Smith College in 1992, Rehana Farrell knew starting a career in finance would be tough. The industry was still recovering from the global stock market crash in 1987 and job offers were hard to come by. “We hadn't…
Jamie Dimon says JPMorgan has to invest in AI or risk getting 'left behind
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon defended the bank's significant spending, especially on AI and tech, during its Tuesday morning earnings call, noting that he's not only competing with other banking behemoths, but also fintech companies. 'We are…
Why 'Big Short' Michael Burry is short Nvidia, not Meta or Microsoft
Michael Burry says he's betting against Nvidia instead of Meta, Alphabet, or Microsoft because the chipmaker is particularly vulnerable to the AI boom ending in disaster. Nvidia is 'simply the purest play,' Burry wrote in a Substack post last…
Business Group Voices Alarm at Powell Investigation
The criminal investigation into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell drew criticism from a group of business leaders, who said they worried the move threatened the independence of the central bank and the stability of the U.S. financial system. The…
Former Trump adviser Dina Powell McCormick named Meta president and vice chairman
NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook owner Meta has named Dina Powell McCormick, a former Trump administration adviser and longtime finance executive, as president and vice chairman of the tech giant. Powell McCormick previously served on Meta's board…
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