The Richest Families In The World Are Staging A Quiet Rebellion Against Hedge...
It's no secret that since 2008, most hedge funds have lagged the S&P 500. Because of that, now the world's richest families are starting to wonder if hedge funds are really worth their incredibly...
View ArticleMeet The New York Hedge Funder Who Is Marrying A Swedish Princess
New York-based hedge funder Christopher O'Neill is marrying Swedish princess Madeleine tomorrow in a ceremony at the Royal Palace chapel in Stockholm, the Associated Press reports. O'Neill, 38, is a...
View ArticleThe Fabulous Life And Career Of Hedge Fund Legend Steve Cohen
Billionaire hedge fund manager Steven A. Cohen, who runs the super-secretive hedge fund SAC Capital Advisors, has a reputation on the Street for being one of the most successful traders.Cohen launched...
View ArticleInvestors Pulled Out Between $2 And $3 Billion At SAC Capital
CNBC's Kate Kelly reports that the second quarter redemptions at embattled hedge fund SAC Capital were between $2 and $3 billion. CNBC's Kelly noted that the number is closer to $3 billion. This was...
View ArticleThe Feds Are Finalizing A Deal That Could Make Or Break An Insider Trading...
Federal investigators are putting the final touches on an agreement that would give them access to key evidence in the case against former SAC Capital employee Mathew Martoma, the FT reports.Last year...
View ArticleThe 25 Best Ice Hockey Players In Finance
With the Stanley Cup finals happening, we have decided to share with you our best hockey players in finance list. It appears Wall Street firms have a penchant for hiring these super competitive...
View ArticleA Big Idea In Stan Druckenmiller's Sohn Conference Presentation Is Playing...
It's been about a month since the Sohn Investment Conference took place in New York City, and one hedge fund manager's presentation is already standing out to us — Stanley Druckenmiller's.The Sohn...
View ArticleJohn Paulson's Gold Fund Is Getting Absolutely Annihilated
Billionaire John Paulson's gold fund is down 54% year to date, according to an investor letter examined by Bloomberg.Last month alone the fund lost 27%, the news agency reported. At that point it was...
View ArticleHedge Fund Hot Shot Anthony Scaramucci Is Opening The Wall Street Bar To End...
Play close attention everyone because you're only going to read this for the first time, once.And there's never anything like your first time.Anthony Scaramucci, co-founder of SkyBridge Capital, Romney...
View ArticleThere Are A Bunch of Hedge Funds That Can't Wait To See Steve Cohen Go Down
Hedge fund managers are drooling over the billions of dollars in outside money headed out of Steven A. Cohen's portfolio and looking for a new home.Cohen, the billionaire founder of SAC Capital...
View ArticleCalifornia Congresswoman Asks The FTC To Investigate Herbalife
Congresswoman Linda Sanchez (D-CA) sent a letter to the Federal Trade Commission urging them to investigate Herbalife to see whether or not the nutrition supplements seller is a pyramid scheme....
View ArticleMillion Dollar 60th Birthday Parties With Private Concerts Are Still Hot On...
Lavish 60th birthday bashes are still a hot trend in the private equity and hedge fund world. Page Six reports that hedge funder Thomas Kempner, Jr., who runs Davidson Kempner Capital Management,...
View ArticleWarren Buffett's Mentor Was A Crappy Hedge Fund Manager
Jack Bogle, the outspoken godfather of index funds and passive investing strategies, didn't approve of a recent Wall Street Journal article defending hedge funds.In particular, he took issue with the...
View ArticleRay Dalio's $70 Billion 'All Weather' Fund Is Getting Spanked
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A $70 billion portfolio managed by hedge fund titan Ray Dalio's Bridgewater Associates and widely held by many pension funds to survive stormy markets is emerging as a big loser in...
View Article'The Daily Show' Found The Most Offensive And Crude 'Hedge Fund Manager' In...
"Hedge fund manager" John Tabacco, who runs Fortified Funds, was on "The Daily Show" with host Jason Jones the other day making Wall Street look really bad.The fund manager was featured in a "Money Boo...
View ArticleHow To Start Your Own Hedge Fund
Sometimes, my interviews on this site don’t turn out quite as expected.I went into this one expecting to title the series of articles “How to Start Your Own Hedge Fund”…By the time we finished our...
View ArticleThis Is The Hedge Fund Manager That Knocked David Einhorn Out Of The World...
Yesterday David Einhorn was bounced from the World Series of Poker when another hedge fund manager produced two aces to beat his ace jack combo (Einhorn finished in 72 place).So the all-important...
View ArticleWhy Some Of The World's Biggest Funds Are Getting Slammed
Over the last several weeks Wall Street has learned a powerful and painful lesson: Sometimes nothing is safe.Call them what you want to — Top Dogs, Smart Money, Heavyweights — these are the kings, and...
View ArticleDavid Einhorn's Gold Fund Is Taking A Serious Beating
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Investors in David Einhorn's Greenlight Capital Management's offshore gold fund were down 11.8 percent in June, bringing their year-to-date losses in the fund to 20 percent, two...
View ArticleAIRPORT TRAFFIC WATCH: A Helicopter Partly Owned By Tiger Global And Bon Jovi...
The Fourth of July is almost here and that means Wall Streeters will be heading east to the Hamptons. They won't all be driving or taking the train or the jitney. Instead, some of them will fly just...
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