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Citadel gains in a bruising October that tripped up rival hedge funds
Citadel churned ahead in a painful month for hedge funds. Ken Griffin's $77 billion hedge fund gained 1.7% last month, a person close to the Miami-based manager said, pulling its year-to-date gains to 15.3%. That figure so far leads the way among…
Hedge Funds Flag Growing Private Credit Risks Amid Rising Rates
Some of the world's biggest hedge funds warned that risks are growing in private credit, adding to debate about how rising interest rates will impact the asset class after scrutiny intensified this year. Private credit is currently facing bigger…
Alphabet: One Quarter Was Noise, Two Is A Trend (Rating Downgrade) (NASDAQ:GOOG)
Alphabet is downgraded to Hold due to persistent negative free cash flow and a shift to market-funded growth. Q3 saw free cash flow of -$9.1B, rising CapEx, shrinking margins, and a halt to buybacks as debt and share issuance increased. Cloud…
Buyout Firms Lean On Outside Talent To Juice Returns
This article is for subscribers only. Welcome to Going Private, I'm Sinead Cruise and this is Bloomberg's twice-weekly newsletter about private markets and the forces moving capital away from the public eye. Today, we explore why one ultra…
The 2026 Midterms: Don't Let Politics Hijack Your Portfolio (BATS:ITA)
D.M. Martins Research 21.54K Followers The 2026 midterm elections could shift Congressional control, but predicting outcomes is a fragile investment approach. A fully Republican Congress is unlikely but would most disrupt markets, favoring sectors…
Asian stocks face an unloved rally into year end, Bloomberg reports
Asian stocks could lead a rally into year end, with China and South Korea standing out despite hedge funds' reluctance to add risk after recent volatility, Bloomberg Television reported. That would mark a shift from the past eight months of U.S.
You're lame ducks now - take the hard votes while you can
The campaign ads are gone from my television, and I'm grateful. The price tag is harder to forget. OpenSecrets projected the 2026 midterms at $11.9 billion, which would be a record for any midterm. That is more than four times the $2.9 billion the…
Prediction markets face US midterms test as election bets soar
WASHINGTON – With more than US$1.48 billion (S$1.9 billion) wagered on the Nov 3 US midterm elections, prediction markets such as Kalshi and Polymarket are facing their biggest test yet of how reliably they can forecast political races amid…
Xavier Becerra Declared Winner of California Governor's Race
Xavier Becerra has been declared the winner of the California governor's race, easily swatting away a challenge from Republican Steve Hilton. Becerra, the Democrat, ran on a platform of lowering energy costs and working toward universal health…
Hong Kong Summit Draws About 280 Finance Leaders Before Investor Forum
About 280 finance leaders attended Hong Kong's fifth Global Financial Leaders' Investment Summit, where sessions on markets and technology ended Tuesday ahead of a separate investor forum scheduled for Nov. 4. The Hong Kong Monetary Authority…
The billionaires who spent, won and lost the most at the midterms
American billionaires contributed historic sums during the 2026 midterms, and many of the country's wealthiest citizens have discovered that hefty donations aren't always enough to buy the results they want. According to The New York Times, 20…
City minister to hear Baillie Gifford complaints over Saba campaign
The City minister has offered to meet the chair of Baillie Gifford's US Growth to discuss potential safeguards for the investment trust industry, after the FTSE 250 trust was swept up in a years-long activist campaign waged by US hedge fund Saba…
Bitcoin ETFs Lose $1.16B as Bitwise Sees Short-Term Selling
US spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) recorded more than $1 billion in net outflows over three trading days, but crypto asset manager Bitwise says the withdrawals do not signal a lasting retreat by institutional investors. Investors pulled…
Elon Musk Wasted Nearly Half a Billion Dollars on Major Midterm Defeats
Republicans had a night to forget on Tuesday, and so did their biggest donor. Tesla and Space X CEO Elon Musk gave more than $445 million to Republican causes this cycle, according to an analysis of federal filings, making him the top donor of the…
Texas Turns Blue, Futures Turn Green: Why Wall Street Bought The Biggest Democrat Wave Since 1993
Last night, America's voters handed Trump the biggest midterm rebuke in a generation. Then, a few hours later, Wall Street shrugged it off. Nasdaq futures, which had crashed as much as 2.4% as the blue wave turned into a tsunami, were up 0.9% by…
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