When Third Point’s Daniel Loeb and Greenlight Capital’s David Einhorn took the plunge into what a recent Barron’s article describes as the “warm waters of the reinsurance business”, the article…
Tag: Hedge Funds
The Best-Performing Hedge Fund in the World is up 278% This Year
Singapore-based Vanda Global Fund Ltd., up 278% through July, has delivered an average annualized return of 40% since inception and is the best-performing hedge fund in the world according to…
Profile: Quant Shop Two Sigma
A recent article in Institutional Investor offers an overview of the quantitative investing powerhouse Two Sigma as well as insights on its early history from Paul Tudor Jones, an early…
Hedge-Fund Exposure Signals Caution for Equities
A boost in exposure to U.S. stocks by trend-following hedge funds may be signaling a decline is in the offing. This according to a recent article in Bloomberg. The article…
Poker Prowess Offers and Edge in Investing
A new study suggests that hedge fund managers that are good at poker may have an edge when it comes to investment decision-making, according to an article in Bloomberg. “On…
Investors Keep Returning to Hedge Funds
A survey of institutional investors by JPMorgan Chase found that most participants planned to “maintain or increase their overall hedge fund allocations in 2019, following a year during which 68…
Top Stockpicker Steps Off Hedge Fund Stage
An article in Barron’s reports that Steve Mandel–“the most successful fundamental stock picker of them all”—stepped down as portfolio manager of Lone Pine Capital in January. The article notes that…
A Hedge Fund Performs by Staying Small
Managers of the Netherlands-based Plethora Precious Metals Fund say that the “key to getting monster-sized returns in mining equities is to be small,” according to an article in Bloomberg. Compared…
The Death of the Hedge Fund Industry Has Been Greatly Exaggerated
An article in Bloomberg reports that, despite the closure of some bigger name hedge funds, the overall number of liquidations fell in 2018. What may have seemed like an omen for…
WorldQuant's New Fund Underperformed
The first quant fund established for outside investors by the Connecticut-based firm WorldQuant has lagged its benchmark from the outset, according to an article in Bloomberg. The quant stock fund…