This is what it's like to watch a 'Master of the Universe' lose money
I've heard a lot of stories about investors losing money in my time covering Wall Street.There are lots of ways to do it, and lots of ways to react to it.By far the most fascinating people to observe...
View ArticleSteve Cohen's hedge fund is investing big time in trading talent
Hedge funds these days are in an arms race against each other to snap up the best possible talent.Barclays' Capital Solutions Group highlighted this recently in a big report, noting that there's a...
View ArticleKyle Bass is going to war with his latest short target (udf)
Texan hedge fund manager J. Kyle Bass has stepped out as the anonymous short seller going after United Development Funding IV, a Texas-based real-estate-investment trust (REIT).Bass, who runs the...
View ArticleHedge funder Kyle Bass released a presentation slamming a Texas company he...
Texan hedge fund manager J. Kyle Bass has revealed that he's the anonymous short seller who has been going after United Development Funding IV, a Texas-based real-estate investment trust (REIT).Bass,...
View ArticleRay Dalio's bizarre principles are being put to the ultimate test
Two top executives at the world's largest hedge fund have called for votes on each other's conduct.Seriously.The Wall Street Journal's Rob Copeland and Bradley Hope have published a big story about an...
View ArticleA New York hedge fund is making a $1 billion bet on more bond-market pain
Perry Capital, a $10 billion New York-based multistrategy hedge fund led by Goldman Sachs alum Richard Perry, is making a $1 billion bet against investment-grade corporate bonds, according to The Wall...
View ArticleCarl Icahn is having a terrible day
Monday's ugly open is turning into an especially horrible experience for billionaire investor Carl Icahn.Icahn holds 73 million shares of Chesapeake Energy, which fell more than 50% on a news report...
View ArticleHEDGE FUND MANAGER: Cord-cutting isn't going to kill Comcast (CMCSA)
Hedge fund manager Anthony Bozza, founder of $3 billion Lakewood Capital, is long Comcast.He also doesn't think so-called "cord-cutting" will be an issue for the largest US cable operator.In a letter...
View ArticleBill Ackman is hosting yet another webcast about Herbalife
Hedge fund titan Bill Ackman, the CEO of $13 billion Pershing Square Capital, is hosting a webcast on Tuesday morning to attack Herbalife, his infamous short position.The webcast will feature a video...
View ArticleAn executive at one of the world's most successful hedge funds reveals a 'red...
Working at a hedge fund can make you a lot of money.There's no doubt about that.But it's a huge red flag if you let your potential employer know during your job interview that money is what...
View ArticleSome of the biggest hedge fund names are getting scorched
Some of the biggest names in the hedge fund space are off to a brutal start to 2016.Hedge funds fell 2.76% on average in January, according to data from Hedge Fund Research. The S&P 500, a popular...
View ArticleWatch Bill Ackman's new mini-documentary for his infamous Herbalife short
Billionaire activist investor Bill Ackman, the CEO of $13 billion Pershing Square Capital, has released a short film on Herbalife, his infamous short position.The 20-minute video is called "The...
View ArticleThe oil-trading 'god' has been burned by his bullish bet, but he's not giving up
Prominent oil trader Andrew J. Hall, who runs $2 billion energy and commodities hedge fund Astenbeck Capital, has gotten burned on his bullish bet on oil prices.Astenbeck Capital fell 4% in...
View ArticleBillionaire Steve Cohen bankrolled ads slamming John Kasich for being a Wall...
Here's a little a look into where all this Wall Street political money is going.Up to Tuesday night's primary, political ads slamming Republican presidential candidate John Kasich for his time working...
View ArticleThe hedge fund manager who nailed the subprime crisis says China's problem...
Texan hedge fund manager J. Kyle Bass, the founder of Hayman Capital, has sent his first letter to investors on a global scale in two years.The letter, seen by Business Insider, warns that China has a...
View ArticleKYLE BASS: China is already out of money
Texan hedge fund manager J. Kyle Bass, the founder of Dallas-based Hayman Capital, sent out a big letter to investors explaining why he thinks China has a problem much larger than the 2008 subprime...
View ArticleKYLE BASS: There's a 'ticking time bomb' in China
Hedge fund manager J. Kyle Bass, the founder of Dallas-based Hayman Capital, has a warning about a "ticking time bomb" in the Chinese banking system.Over the last ten years, China's banking system has...
View ArticleBill Ackman is getting annihilated (VRX, HHC, HLF, QSR, PAH, MDLZ, ZTS, APD, CP)
Hedge fund titan Bill Ackman's Pershing Square Holdings, his fund's publicly traded vehicle, has fallen 18.6% in 2016, according to a performance update.That is through February 9.Pershing Square had...
View ArticleHere are the hedge funds that are dominating in 2016
The hedge fund industry as a whole is off to one of its worst years ever, as global equities got slammed and oil prices plunged in January.Hedge funds on average fell 2.76% in January, according to...
View ArticleThis is pretty much the last thing Wall Street's nightmare stock needed
Solar firm SunEdison is getting punished for the second day in a row.The stock is fell as much as 14% on Thursday on the news that the company is being sued by Latin America Power Holding B.V. for not...
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