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Pierre Andurand's Hedge Fund Soared 20% by Mid-Month on Oil Bets
Oil trader Pierre Andurand's main hedge fund surged 20% in the first half of the month on bullish oil bets as the conflict in the Middle East triggered a supply shock. Those gains helped bring the Andurand Commodities Discretionary Enhanced fund's…
JPMorgan, Goldman Offer Hedge Funds Way to Short Private Credit
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and JPMorgan Chase & Co. are among investment banks offering hedge fund clients ways to bet against the $1.8 trillion private credit market, people with knowledge of the matter said. The firms have assembled baskets of…
Singer's Elliott Backs Credit Veteran Maji's New CLO Hedge Fund
Billionaire Paul Singer's Elliott Investment Management is backing credit specialist Debdeep Maji's new hedge fund, the latest move in a wave of multistrategy firms tapping outside talent to help manage their billions. Elliott is investing more…
Another 2008 Analog: Goldman, JPM Offering Hedge Funds Ways To Short Private Credit
The big story last week, a narrative which we may have inadvertently started, was the recurring comparison across various sellside desks (and quite a few buysiders) of the current double crisis (private credit as an analog to the subprime crisis of…
Point72, Balyasny Ban Staff Bets in Prediction-Market Crackdown
Point72 Asset Management and Balyasny Asset Management have recently banned employees from trading on prediction markets in their personal accounts, according to people familiar with the matter. The hedge fund giants are at the leading edge of Wall…
I predicted the 2008 financial crisis - a worse crash could be coming
The 2008 financial crisis was one of the most dramatic and far-reaching economic disasters in living memory. Triggered in early 2007 by reckless lending in the US property market, it spread worldwide, deepening an already severe recession and…
Gold rebounds, but silver extends losses as oscillating oil prices spark market volatility
Gold prices rebounded slightly on Friday, but silver prices were turbulent. Both metals sold off on Thursday, and are headed for a losing week. Investors are monitoring developments in the U.S.-Iran war, and the implications for oil prices and…
Position Wash-Outs in Few Manic Minutes Spurred Fed Hike Pricing
Aggressive price action early Thursday across the cash and futures markets covering US rates, and the subsequent bounce-back across many assets showed footprints of position flush-outs — exacerbating the price action over a manic few minutes…
Financials Flat as Private-Credit Rout Slows - Financials Roundup
Blue Owl shares are getting more costly to borrow for short-sellers but are still widely available, said Ihor Dusaniwsky, managing director at short-side research firm S3 Partners. Goldman Sachs Group and JPMorgan are facilitating short bets…
The Dollar's Plumbing: Conspiracy Vs. Data
Total foreign holdings of U.S. Treasury securities reached a record $9.4 trillion as of December 2025, according to the U.S. Treasury's Treasury International Capital data. The UK, Belgium, and Japan were the three largest buyers of U.S. debt from…
'I predicted the 2008 financial crash - something worse could be coming''
The next financial crash could be the worst yet The 2008 financial crisis was among the most catastrophic and wide-reaching economic calamities in living memory. Sparked in early 2007 by irresponsible lending in the US housing market, it spread…
Man who predicted 2008 financial crisis issues ominous warning that something worse is about to happen
A man who predicted the 2008 financial crisis has issued an ominous warning about the future. It's difficult to be optimistic about much right now given the state of the world, with the war between the US and Iran only likely to send bills in one…
Major Investors Are Buying Up Shares of MP Materials. Here's Why the Industrial Stock Could Soar in 2026 and Beyond.
MP Materials (MP 7.47%) can't catch a break. Three weeks ago, the rare-earth metals miner announced a huge earnings beat, reporting profits of $0.09 per share, well above Wall Street's $0.02 estimate. The company followed up this news with an…
How a love of learning led Esther Wong from Wall Street to the AI industry
During that time, Wong read a research paper that would lead her into a new phase of her career. It was about programming computers to recognise human faces, and the topic piqued her interest enough to seek out the professor who wrote the paper.
CFTC Moves into Sports-Linked Prediction Markets With 'First-Ever' MLB Agreement
The regulator partners with MLB ahead of 2026 season on market integrity issues. The MOU allows information sharing under law to support incident response and identification of emerging risks. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission and Major…
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