Topic: Hedge Funds

Inflation. Deflation. Rehypothecation. Bad rap lyrics, or the poetry of finance? You can judge for yourself when you finish this first installment ...
Hedge funds' growing asset base and supposed ability to provide positive returns in all sorts of market conditions have proved a potent attraction...

Bonds of Blood

Before putting up the seed money for Todd Boehly's opportunistic credit fund in the midst of 2008's financial crisis, a tough-minded investor told...

Einhorn big gets $204G fine

The fallout over New York hedge fund whiz kid David Einhorn's investment in a UK pub chain continued yesterday with a former compliance officer at...

Groups make their pitches

Some bidders for the Dodgers have started talking with each other about combining their groups, even before initial offers for the bankrupt team...

Goldman, Berkshire names surface in Rajat Gupta case

The names of a Goldman Sachs board member and a top executive of Berkshire Hathaway surfaced on Friday as potential witnesses in the insider...

Write-Offs: 01.27.12

$$$ Citi to Cut Bonuses in Investment Bank About 30% [Bloomberg]. . $$$ Fitch Cuts Italian, Spanish Ratings [Bloomberg]. . $$$ Goldman's Blankfein...
Finally someone's listening to us, I guess:. . While prominent hedge-fund manager David Einhorn was the focus of the latest alleged insider-trading...

Friday links: penny stocks and Ponzis

Quote of the day. . Josh Brown, "Don't buy penny stocks." (The Reformed Broker). . Chart of the day. . . . The rise in Ponzi schemes in America...

Bridgewater Up 23%

In 2011, Bridgewater Associates showed why it is the biggest—and one of the most respected—hedge funds in the world. read...