Today: September 21, 2024
Today: September 21, 2024

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Tesla, Ford take top spots as most shorted stocks in 2023 - Hazeltree

Hedge funds took the most bets against auto companies Tesla, Ford, and communications company Charter Communications in 2023, a report by data firm Hazeltree said

Tesla, Ford take top spots as most shorted stocks in 2023 - Hazeltree
Business

Factbox-What does the Gotham City report say about Grifols?

Shares in Grifols fell as much as over 40% on Tuesday, wiping $3.83 billion off its market value, after hedge fund Gotham City Research questioned its accounting,

Factbox-What does the Gotham City report say about Grifols?
Business

Hedge funds dump tech, consumer stocks at start of year, banks say

Global hedge funds last week sold tech shares for a third week running as managers chased falls in the S&P 500 index and cut exposure to big tech stocks, a Goldman

Hedge funds dump tech, consumer stocks at start of year, banks say
Business

Hedge funds in hindsight: four graphs that tell the story of 2023

Wild market swings this year caught out many global hedge funds and those trading on macro economic events felt the pain of an unexpected rebound in government

Hedge funds in hindsight: four graphs that tell the story of 2023
Business

Hedge funds have lowest exposure to financials since March 2020 -Goldman

Global hedge funds sold financial stocks for a 10th week running in the week ending Dec. 8 and now have the lowest exposure to the sector since March 2020, when

Hedge funds have lowest exposure to financials since March 2020 -Goldman
Business

Muddy Waters is short Blackstone Mortgage Trust REIT

Blackstone's Mortgage Trust shares fell as much as 9% on Wednesday after short-selling hedge fund Muddy Waters said that it had taken out a short position in

Muddy Waters is short Blackstone Mortgage Trust REIT
Business

Hedge funds caught in crowded trades suffered in Thursday's stock rally -Goldman Sachs

Global hedge funds using algorithms to trade stocks endured one of their worst days of the year on Thursday, a Goldman Sachs note on Friday showed, a sign that a

Hedge funds caught in crowded trades suffered in Thursday's stock rally -Goldman Sachs
Business

Hedge funds expected to ramp up returns on higher rates - BNP survey

Investors expect hedge funds to produce higher returns with the prospect of interest rates staying higher for longer, a BNP Paribas investor survey showed on

Hedge funds expected to ramp up returns on higher rates - BNP survey
Business

Hedge funds using computers to sell up to $30 billion of stocks soon - UBS

Hedge funds using computers to trade equities are expecting to start selling to the tune of $20 billion to $30 billion in the next two weeks given retreating stock

Hedge funds using computers to sell up to $30 billion of stocks soon - UBS
Business|Economy

Shares nudge higher as US, EU inflation data loom

World shares firmed on Monday as investors braced for a busy run of inflation data that could set the scene for a European rate cut as soon as next week and a U.S.

Shares nudge higher as US, EU inflation data loom
Business|Economy

Hedge funds squeezed from short bets amid surging meme stocks, Goldman Sachs says

Hedge funds ditched bearish stock bets early this week at some of the highest rates in three years as U.S. meme stocks rallied sharply, a Goldman note seen by

Hedge funds squeezed from short bets amid surging meme stocks, Goldman Sachs says
Business|Economy

Hedge funds play a weak Japanese yen

Pressure on Japan to prop up a weak yen may have ebbed, but currency weakness remains a headache for Tokyo.

Hedge funds play a weak Japanese yen
Economy

Investors yank over $100 billion from hedge funds in 2023 - Nasdaq eVestment

Investors withdrew over $100 billion from hedge funds last year in a second consecutive year of outflows of this scale, said a Nasdaq eVestment report on Tuesday.

Investors yank over $100 billion from hedge funds in 2023 - Nasdaq eVestment
Economy

Bridgewater's Jensen: Markets too complacent on Fed pivot and US-China 'cold war'

Financial markets are too complacent about risks around an expected shift in U.S. monetary policy, political uncertainty in the United States and geopolitical

Bridgewater's Jensen: Markets too complacent on Fed pivot and US-China 'cold war'
Economy

Crypto, insurance-linked and trend hedge funds most popular - Preqin

Trend-following and niche hedge funds that trade crypto currencies and insurance-linked assets attracted most new investor money in the first three quarters of

Crypto, insurance-linked and trend hedge funds most popular - Preqin
Economy

Hedge funds suffer net $7.6 billion outflows in October - eVestment

Investors pulled a net $7.6 billion from the hedge fund industry in October, particularly from low performing stock pickers as many of these funds failed to

Hedge funds suffer net $7.6 billion outflows in October - eVestment
Economy

NZ Funds says uranium bet returns over 300% profit

Asset manager NZ funds has made a 300% return on its bet that the price of uranium would benefit from supply shortages arising from growing geopolitical tensions

NZ Funds says uranium bet returns over 300% profit
Economy

Systematic hedge funds pummeled in post-U.S. CPI stocks rally - Goldman Sachs

Global hedge funds that use algorithms to trade suffered their second worst single day this year on Tuesday, as softer than expected U.S. inflation numbers sparked

Systematic hedge funds pummeled in post-U.S. CPI stocks rally - Goldman Sachs
Economy

Hedge funds pile into US stock rally at fastest pace in 2 years - Goldman Sachs

Hedge funds last week "aggressively" bought U.S. stocks at the fastest pace in two years, said a Goldman Sachs note, with traders jumping into a stock rally

Hedge funds pile into US stock rally at fastest pace in 2 years - Goldman Sachs
Economy

Exclusive-Hedge fund Caxton wins on bond rout to claw back performance losses - sources

Well known hedge fund manager Andrew Law's $12.5 billion Caxton Associates has clawed back much of the losses it made earlier this year, benefiting from bets on

Exclusive-Hedge fund Caxton wins on bond rout to claw back performance losses - sources
Economy

Hedge fund investors pull $80 billion from industry in 2023 - Aurum

The hedge fund industry saw a net $80 billion of outflows for the year to Oct. 18, even as it raked in net profits of about $119 billion, hedge fund specialist

Hedge fund investors pull $80 billion from industry in 2023 - Aurum
Economy

Hedge funds short food, beverage and tobacco stocks amid soaring bond yields -Goldman Sachs

Global hedge funds last week sold food, beverage and tobacco company stocks at the fastest pace in 11 weeks, a Goldman Sachs note said, as these stocks, viewed as

Hedge funds short food, beverage and tobacco stocks amid soaring bond yields -Goldman Sachs
Economy

Hedge funds sell energy stocks before Middle East conflict - Goldman

Global hedge fund managers were selling U.S. stocks sensitive to commodities at an accelerated pace in the week ending October 6, according to a Goldman Sachs note

Hedge funds sell energy stocks before Middle East conflict - Goldman
Economy

Trend hedge funds come out winners in bond market rout

A fresh rout in government bonds has sparked alarm across world markets, battering equities. Yet in one corner of the hedge fund world, there's a sigh of relief.

Trend hedge funds come out winners in bond market rout
Economy

Hedge funds drop short trades on U.S. regional banks - Goldman

Hedge funds ditched short bets against U.S. regional banks as of the end of August and turned bullish on the broader U.S. financial sector, according to a Goldman

Hedge funds drop short trades on U.S. regional banks - Goldman

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