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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…
Chartbook 469: The risk of unwind - The US Treasury market in the era of the hedge fund-profit dollar.
The interest rate set by bond markets around the world, are going up. As tens of trillions of dollars of fixed-interest debt trade at lower prices, yields rise. The market where this matters most is the gigantic market for US Treasuries. At the…
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…
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…
Bessent Doubling The Treasury Buyback Program Is Just A Deck Chair Trade
The U.S. Treasury, under Secretary Bessent, unexpectedly doubled its long-maturity buyback program, briefly driving yields lower before they rebounded. I view this buyback expansion as a 'Deck Chair Trade'—inconsequential relative to the $32…
Opinion | The Summer of 'My Bad'
“Mea culpa” translates to “through my fault” or “my mistake.” I much prefer the modern apology “my bad.” We've had a run of mea culpas lately. It's about time. Anthropic founder Dario Amodei…
Billionaire Ken Griffin Just Loaded Up on Eli Lilly Stock. Should You?
It's easy for a stock to get lost in the crowd when a portfolio has an enormous number of holdings. Citadel Advisors, the hedge fund founded and led by billionaire Ken Griffin, owns nearly 7,500 stocks and thousands of options, according to its…
Equities Analysts Offer Predictions for ATS FY2027 Earnings
These 2 Stocks Help Put an Industrial Spin on AI ATS Corporation (NYSE:ATS - Free Report) - Scotiabank reduced their FY2027 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for ATS in a note issued to investors on Wednesday, August 19th. Scotiabank analyst J.
NBPE: Neuberger Private Equity Partners Announces July Monthly NAV Update
THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION IN OR INTO AUSTRALIA, CANADA, ITALY, DENMARK, JAPAN, THE UNITED STATES, OR TO ANY NATIONAL OF SUCH JURISDICTIONS NBPE: Neuberger Private Equity Partners Announces July…
Research Analysts Offer Predictions for FTK FY2027 Earnings
Flotek Industries, Inc. (NYSE:FTK - Free Report) - Equities researchers at Northland Securities decreased their FY2027 earnings estimates for Flotek Industries in a report released on Thursday, August 20th. Northland Securities analyst J. Grampp…
Brokers Offer Predictions for UHS Q3 Earnings
3 Oversold Healthcare Stocks to Buy After Jobs Data Universal Health Services, Inc. (NYSE:UHS - Free Report) - Investment analysts at KeyCorp issued their Q3 2026 EPS estimates for shares of Universal Health Services in a research note issued on…
Jim Cramer Reverses Course And Urges Investors To Buy Bitcoin (BTC-USD)
Bitcoin (BTC-USD) has received a fresh endorsement from television personality and former hedge fund manager Jim Cramer, just weeks after he publicly announced plans to sell the leading cryptocurrency. Cramer's reversal is striking given how…
The New Cold War Is an Alibi for Tech Elites' Impunity
Before the spectacular implosion of his $45 billion AI hedge fund late last month, twenty-four-year-old Leopold Aschenbrenner had laid out a road map for a new Cold War with China. In June 2024, shortly after being fired from OpenAI, Aschenbrenner…
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