Why are macro hedge funds buying gold today?
via @crescatkevin: 1. The Fed is shifting back to easing mode as the global economy is faltering 2. Rate cuts assure a new trend of declining real yields to drive … Read more
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Significant Activist Hedge Fund Activity (Last 7 Days)
by badpauly These are the latest Schedule 13D forms filed by activist investors in the last 7 days. Activist investors are investors that make an investment with the intention of … Read more
Morgan Stanley naked shorted Uber into the IPO so they would hedge so that they could cover their shorts in a downdraft to support the stock…at much lower prices.
via Zerohedge: Uber’s underwriters, led by Morgan Stanley, were so (rightfully) worried that the company’s IPO was going to crater in the days after its public offering, they deployed what CNBC … Read more
“Get The Popcorn Ready” – Why The World’s Most Bearish Hedge Fund Thinks The Biggest Crash Is Almost Here
via Zerohedge: Conventional investing wisdom would have you believe that anybody who has remained bearish on global markets since the financial crisis has not only lost a boatload of money, … Read more
Overly Bullish Hedge Funds Set The Stage For Oil Price Drop
By Tsvetana Paraskova For more than ten weeks, portfolio managers have been consistently amassing bullish bets in the most important petroleum futures contracts, as market fundamentals were pointing to OPEC … Read more
Shocks Loom over This Bull Market, Warns Swiss Hedge-Fund Manager
via MarketWatch: In the fall of 2018, Felix Zulauf, head of Swiss hedge fund Zulauf Asset Managment, said investors were facing the start of a “structural bear market.” In other words, … Read more
This Won’t End Well: Hedge Funds Shorting VIX At Rates New Before Seen
As equities surge to all-time highs, volatility has all but vanished. Hedge funds are betting the calm will last, shorting the Cboe Volatility Index, or VIX, at rates not seen … Read more
Jim Grant – Hedging and hedge funds
Grant’s Interest Rate Observer Podcast, Released on 4/8/19 Barclay Leib (@btl0823) founder and principal of Sand Spring Advisors, LLC, comes by the office to discuss asset allocation, forensic accounting and … Read more
Hedge Funds Are Loading up to Bet Against Lyft
via CNBC: Short sellers have borrowed $455 million worth of Lyft shares, or 6.61 million shares, according to IHS Markit. The cost to borrow Lyft shares rose to more than … Read more
Hedge Funds Are Buying Oil Again
By Irina Slav Hedge funds are buying oil once again after a pause earlier in March, signaling returning optimism about U.S. – China relations and subsiding concern about the global … Read more
A Top Performing Hedge Fund In 2018 Says Selling Stocks & Buying Gold Is The “Trade Of Century”
via silverdoctors: It is no longer just a few big name, legendary investors like Ray Dalio who are buying gold. Lesser known hedge funds are also making a move into gold. In fact, … Read more
Jim Cramer explains how he manipulated markets for years and how hedge funds continue to do so
dehurlock, Released on 8/18/08 Jim Cramer explains how the game is played by those at the top.
The Next LTCM? $8 Billion Hedge Fund Is Using 10x Leverage
via Zerohedge: According to some, America’s bailout culture started long before the 2008 global financial crisis, with Wall Street’s bailout of Long-Term Capital Management, an iconic hedge fund whose employee … Read more
Hedge fund manager breaks down what’s impacting Wall Street
From trade talks to the Federal Reserve, Wall Street is keeping a close eye on the economy. One America’s Greta Wall spoke with hedge fund manager Gabe Hoffman about all … Read more
Invest In Gold As a Hedge In Cashless Society – Ex IMF Rogoff
by GoldCore – Invest in gold as a hedge, in pensions & as a store of value – Rogoff – Investing in and owning gold as a hedge will become … Read more