Insider: Some Hedge Funds Decide That Relying on Banks Is Just Too Risky
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Hedge funds, at least a handful of them, are giving up some of their coveted privacy in exchange for more stable capital.
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Relying on perpetually rosy scenarios can kill a portfolio. Value investing offers a way out.
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Tumbling global equity markets prompted millions of American investors to switch stock funds for bond portfolios, but financial advisers are urging them to stop hasty sales that might just make a bad situation worse.
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Bank C.D.âs, bonds and money market funds may offer peace of mind to nervous investors.
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Hedge funds donÂt investigate options backdating just to satisfy their curiosity. Rather, they do it to find an edge Â and to use that edge to get richer than they already are.
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The vote was a setback for two hedge funds, which had hoped to obtain greater influence in the bankâs future and keep it from selling assets at âfire sale prices.â
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Enormous losses at Amaranth Advisors resurrected worries that major bets by hedge funds could create widespread financial disruptions.
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An hedge fund group is pressuring CNet for changes. Usually that means the investors think the company is undervalued and wants to push management to sell.
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Analysis: The plunging stock market is the result of new hedge fund strategies. It's happened before, and until regulators step in it will happen again
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A hedge fund believes the company can best serve shareholders by selling out.
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Latin American mutual funds have wowed investors lately with stellar returns, but you might want to think twice before committing yourself heavily to the region: Analysts say a heavy concentration in two volatile markets makes them a risky gamble.
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With hedge funds lining up to go public, money managers and the media are questioning whether there might be a hedge fund bubble.
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Some suggest that excess liquidity could threaten the world's economy.
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The case of the Teamser's pension fund illustrates that what may appear as a sensible approach to investing isn't always so sensible.
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Contrarian investors who think now is the time to start buying beaten-down banking stocks could be in for a shock if they don't carefully review those companies' distressed home-equity loan portfolios.
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UK banks have built up a number of risky investment positions that could trigger a financial crisis if a shock caused a sudden rush to sell up, the Bank of England warned yesterday.
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The risks in GE's financial services operations are worrisome.