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A rough year for bond hedge funds just got more turbulent
Hedge funds investing in bonds are dealing with a choppy August, and didn't come into the late summer on a hot streak either. This month has brought some fresh challenges. Credit investors have had to navigate the unprecedented and unforeseen…
Hedge Funds Ramp Up Dollar Shorts Ahead of Bessent's Fiscal Plan
Hedge funds are ramping up bearish dollar bets as they await more details on Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's new fiscal plan to address the highest borrowing costs in years. That pressure was evident on Friday, when the dollar extended a drop…
KPMG Australia cuts 5pc of staff; Hedge fund legend retires; Inside Sydney's most uncompromising gym
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A Tax Strategy So Aggressive It Built the World's Largest Hedge Fund and Made Losing Money the Hottest Product on Wall Street
Cliff Asness spent three decades irritated by a math problem: rich people were losing more to the IRS than they were gaining from their stock pickers. Then he sold them a fund that manufactures losses on purpose. That is how AQR Capital Management…
SpaceX disses and Eminem remixes: Inside David Einhorn's latest Greenlight letter
David Einhorn rapped a remix of Eminem's hit 'Lose Yourself' at Greenlight's 30th anniversary party, but saved his best disses for SpaceX. In the $5.3 billion firm's second-quarter letter, seen by Business Insider and dated from the beginning of…
A Goldman portfolio of favorite stocks is up 29% this year. Here are the new members
A half dozen stocks turned up as the 'shared favorites' in second-quarter filings for both hedge fund and mutual fund portfolios, according to the latest study by Goldman Sachs. The companies that were the most popular among both types of funds…
Honeywell Aerospace (HONA) Spin-Off Unlocks Standalone Value Amid Strong Market Outlook
Madison Investments, an investment advisor, released its second-quarter 2026 investor letter for the 'Madison Large Cap Fund'. A copy of the letter can be downloaded here. In the second quarter, U.S. stock market indices achieved their best…
Regal's Phil King to pass on market crown, transitioning to retirement
Phil King, arguably one of Australia's top hedge fund managers, will transition to retirement, marking the end of an era for the nation's equity capital markets. The 61-year-old co-founder of Regal Funds Management will step down in June 2027, more…
Trip.com (TCOM): China's Largest Travel Platform Set for Long Term Gains
Loomis Sayles, an investment management company, released its 'Global Growth Fund' investor letter for Q2 2026. You can download a copy of the letter here. The fund returned 6.43%, underperforming the MSCI ACWI Index's 14.93% return. The fund…
An economist who studies financial crises sees a debt-fueled US recession coming by 2027
An economist who studies financial crises says the US may only have until the end of the year before it faces a huge debt reckoning. Tuomas Malinen, a professor at the University of Helsinki who specializes in geopolitics and financial crises, is…
The Economically Sensitive Materials Sector Is Breaking Out
Basic Materials broke out of a multi-month consolidation, with unusually broad strength in copper and agricultural input stocks creating several attractive trend-trading setups. The strength in economically sensitive Materials supports the…
Phil King succession moment has been years in the making
He is the epitome of a key man, and now he's leaving. Phil King says his time at the top of the country's capital markets is coming to an end, with the 57-year-old flagging he will step down as the chief stock picker at the investment house he…
Bitcoin's record short squeeze spells the end of 'crypto winter'
It's been a miserable winter for crypto bulls, who have watched short sellers feast on a 53 per cent crash in bitcoin from its October record, leaving the original digital coin trading sideways for months at around $US60,000. Traders had been…
Digi International: Record Quarterly Results From Accretive Acquistions (NASDAQ:DGII)
Digi International is capitalizing on IIOT growth, focusing on mission-critical industrial applications and higher-margin service offerings. DGII's revenue mix is shifting toward services, now 36%, as product revenue declines and end-to-end…
Two Legendary Investors Just Bought Meta Platforms Stock. Is It Time for You to Buy?
The latest round of Form 13Fs has dropped, and that means investors get to see what billionaire hedge fund managers were up to during the second quarter. One popular stock to buy was Meta Platforms (META +0.75%), and two prominent billionaire hedge…
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