Tag: hedge funds

Within minutes after the opening bell on Black Monday, August 24, the Dow plummeted 1,089 points, surpassing even the flash crash of 2010. Dramatic...

The Global Sigma Plus fund is at the top of hedge funds which have most consistently delivered strong and stable performance.  This finding is...

  "The world economy is locked on a course towards an emerging markets crisis and a renewed slowdown in the US, regardless of the Federal...

You have a high-potential idea with faith and passion to make a big success. All you need is to fund at different stages -from...

by Donald A. Steinbrugge, CFA – Managing Partner, Agecroft Partners Reinsurance is one of the few hedge fund strategies that has almost no correlation to the...

Last month, Hedge funds had a testing time. While Hedge Fund index performed better than S&P 500 and Dow, it was down by 1.87 percent....

“Preqin’s mid-year surveys of hedge fund investors and managers show that performance is at the forefront of the minds of both groups. Investor dissatisfaction...

Zero Hedge is considered by many to be a financial blog that has been disruptive in the trading sector. Zero Hedge began attracting attention...

Investors Remain Positive on Private Equity Outlook “The institutional community remains confident in the ability of alternatives assets industry to help them meet their return...

China Focused Hedge Funds had worst monthly performance this July in last seven years. The HFRI Index for China, which tracks hedge funds that...

The $3 trillion hedge fund industry has more than ten thousand hedge fund managers operating across the globe. But the HFI has remained highly...

Agecroft Partners predicts hedge fund industry assets to increase a quarter trillion dollars by summer of 2016! This is an update to an article I...

Hedge Funds Net-Short Gold First Time in History Last month, hedge funds and other speculators shifted to a net-short position (bearish) in Gold for the...

Hedge Fund managers are often called Investment Advisors as well. Because of the advisory role they play in guiding and counseling institutional investors, by...

We continue series of articles based on the book “The Pragmatic Hedge Fund Manager” started with Part 1 on The History of Hedge Fund...

Till recently, most of Hedge Funds and investors were bullish on China. But the recent panic in the country’s stock markets has changed the...

    Today, Hedge Funds Industry grown to $3tn and inflows from investors are increasing.  Hedge Fund Investor Strategies are critical and are part of the...

Hedge funds and other large speculators who had accumulated oil futures and options contracts to the highest level since 2011 are sharply cutting their...

In recent years, the hedge funds have been facing criticism for poor performance relative to S&P 500. Performance-wise 2014 was the worst year, with...

We continue series based on the book “The Pragmatic Hedge Fund Manager” started with Part 1 on The History of Hedge Fund Industry. Below...

  'I'm only rich because I know when I'm wrong. I basically have survived by recognizing my mistakes.' - George Soros. George Soros is the world's...

The Venture Capital industry is moving towards the peak of 2000. Aggregate deal value of $64bn in H1 2015 creates a confidence that crossing...

It depends on the circumstances and the capital. In the United States, there is no minimum capital requirement, so a company can be formed...

"If you don’t own gold...there is no sensible reason other than you don’t know history or you don’t know the economics of it...," says...

The Directions for the Hedge Fund Industry - Opportunity(ies) in the face of adversity, innovation, regulation and Disruption! #Gaim2015 Are Hedge Funds managing close to 5%...