Ray Dalio’s Bridgewater Associates earned almost $5 billion for its clients last year according to a report by hedge-fund investor LCH Investments NV, versus losses suffered by rivals George Soros…
Tag: Hedge Funds
Pushing the Envelope Has Paid Off for Select Hedge Funds
On the whole, the past year hasn’t been great for hedge funds, but those who “ventured far afield” seemed to do better, according to a recent article in The Wall…
Hedge Fund Managers Search for Alpha in Big Data
If the world’s annual data generation was loaded into iPad Air tablets, says a recent Financial Times article, “the pile would reach from the earth to the moon more than…
Big Data Doesn’t Automatically Mean Big Investment Returns
The quant craze in investing doesn’t come without its own set of challenges, says a recent Bloomberg article. As hedge funds delve headlong into the data world to hoist up…
Hedge Funds Hungry for Quants
If you’re looking to land a job at a hedge fund, polish up your algorithm building and data mining skills to get to the front of the line. This according…
GMO: Don't Bail on Hedge Funds
The fall in rates since the financial crisis has benefited stocks and other long-duration assets while hurting short-duration assets such as hedge funds, says GMO’s Ben Inker. “The characteristics that…
Investors Looking to Quants for Fund Management Muscle
As hedge fund managers continue to grapple with losing dissatisfied clients, those funds more highly-focused on a computer-driven approach (so-called “quantitative” hedge funds) are standing out, the Financial Times reports. According…
Australian Hedge Fund Produces 23% Annual Returns by Staying Clear of Commodities
While many foreign investors may consider Australia a mining stockpile to feed China’s growth, one hedge fund proves otherwise. In a recent Barron’s profile, Marcus Hughes of LHC Capital explains…
Loeb Warns of Hedge Fund “Washout”
Dan Loeb, founder Third Point, draws two conclusions about the hedge fund industry and the markets in his recent shareholder letter, according to this recent Bloomberg piece. The first is…
Hedge Fund Cloning Strategy Shows Massive Outperformance
In his MarketWatch column, Mark Hulbert discusses an investment strategy based on imitating hedge funds, which was developed by Mebane Farber of Cambria Investment Management. Faber argues that “we can…