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ThinkstockHedge Funds may not be getting the stellar performance that many investors were accustomed to when this was an obscure industry, but it turns out that they are still at record asset levels....
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The Department of Justice is getting in on an insider trading investigation regarding high-frequency trading. This method of trading has come under much more intense scrutiny after Michael Lewis...
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ThinkstockVirtu Financial Inc. was supposed to be one of the top ten IPOs of 2014. Now it appears as though the high frequency trading shop, which almost never loses money on a daily basis, may be...
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Earlier this year, Virtu Financial Inc. was named as one of the 24/7 Wall St. Top 10 IPOs to Watch for 2014. We had the very first filing as one of a confidential filing matter with the SEC, but now...
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Tom Lee, the equity strategist at J.P. Morgan, thinks that the January sell-off was in large part a function of massive hedge fund and mutual fund manager selling. He also says that January being...
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RadioShackShares of struggling electronics retailer RadioShack Corp. (NYSE: RSH) were up more than 16 percent on Wednesday on news that a hedge-fund manager who likes investing in troubled companies...
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Credit Suisse maintained its Underperform rating on Sears. What stands out the most is its price target of $20, given that Sears closed at $36.71 on Friday.
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courtesy J.C. Penney Co. Inc.On Wednesday the head of hedge fund Hayman Capital Management, Kyle Bass, pointed to General Motors Co. (NYSE: GM) as a stock with nearly 40% upside to its current price....
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Kyle Bass's Hayman Capital Management reportedly has taken a large stake in General Motors. Bloomberg TV reported that the fund manager has taken a large stake, although its size was not initially...
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Jim Henderson, via Wikimedia CommonsIn an exclusive report from the New York Post Monday morning, the newspaper cites unnamed sources who say that Eddie Lampert, the chairman and CEO of Sears...
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Frank Golhen, via Wikimedia CommonsFor much of the past two years, technology has dominated both long/short exposure and long/short performance in the hedge fund world. This has changed over the...
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harley-davidson.comWhether it is a bull market or a bear market, short sellers have their place, and they will be looking for companies they think need to be sold now. There is a short-selling...
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ThinkstockThe UBS proprietary institutional flow data indicates that hedge funds are increasing exposure to financials and decreasing exposure to health care. Given that health care has outperformed...
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ThinkstockWith a stock market that has posted a 23% gain on the S&P 500 Index so far in 2013, the Prime Brokerage team at Credit Suisse is starting to see some interesting changes in hedge fund...
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Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty ImagesMany college courses will try to teach you that it is nearly impossible to beat the market through time because the broad markets are supposed to reflect all...
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