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If You Don’t Want ‘Bragging Rights’ You Can Get Alpha Done
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AllAboutAlpha
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Sunday, February 23, 2020 5:15 PM EST
The quarterly investor report of VCapital Management Company looks at the opportunities for attractive returns for investors. It argues that alpha is to be found in the Midwest in two industries: healthcare/biomedical and intellectual property.
How Are Hedge Funds Positioned At Week's End?
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Paban Pandey
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Sunday, February 23, 2020 4:34 AM EST
Once again, bond bears (on price) were having to defend 1.51 percent on the 10-year Treasury yield (1.47 percent). Most recently, this level was hit last October as well as this January and February.
Tepper's Appaloosa Adds Intelsat, Exits Boeing In Q4
Paulson Adds Pretium, Exits United Tech In Q4
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The Fly
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Sunday, February 16, 2020 12:29 PM EST
John Paulson's Paulson & Co. disclosed in an SEC filing its holdings as of December 31, 2019. The fund's top holdings as of December 31, in order of size, were Bausch Health, SPDR Gold Shares, Allergan, Discovery Class C and Horizon Therapeutics
In this article: AGN, CPE, PCG, QEP, S, TIF, UTX, LOGM, DISCK, GOLD, HZNP, TECD, GLD, PVG, CZR, BHC, NMRK, INSW, LYFT
Elliott Adds LogMeIn, Exits Devon In Q4
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The Fly
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Sunday, February 16, 2020 11:05 AM EST
Paul Singer's Elliott Management disclosed in an SEC filing its holdings as of December 31, 2019. The fund's top holdings as of December 31, in order of size, were Arconic, Dell Technologies, Marathon Petroleum, Citrix Systems, and eBay.
In this article: AXE, DVN, ESI, HES, MPC, NLSN, T, VNO, HYG, LOGM, CTXS, EBAY, LQD, COMM, ARNC, OPB, DELL, NLOK
Meet The 5 Hedge Fund Managers Who Made More Than $1 Billion Each In 2019
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Tyler Durden
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Sunday, February 16, 2020 10:30 AM EST
Despite the record inflows into passive investing products and a record amount of Fed liquidity constantly forcing U.S. equity markets to all time highs, there are still "old school" hedge fund managers on the street managing to cash big checks.
Investors Agree To Unprecedented 95% "Gate" As They Hand $3 Billion To Englander's Millennium
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Tyler Durden
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Saturday, February 15, 2020 7:34 PM EST
Izzy Englander's multi-billion "pod-based" fund, Millennium Management has managed to raise $3 billion without batting an eyelid, a remarkable achievement for a hedge fund at a time when its peers suffered nearly $100 billion in outflows in 2019.
EC Taleb: What Size Tail Does The Smart Money Bet On?
Article By:
AllAboutAlpha
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Sunday, February 2, 2020 12:41 PM EST
Statistician/philosopher Nassim Nicholas Taleb critiques “behavioral” economics and finance as he looks at the differences between “binary forecasts” and “real world payoffs,” in a recent paper for the International Journal of Forecasting.
CoT: See How Hedge Funds Are Positioned Through Futures
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Paban Pandey
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Sunday, February 2, 2020 11:50 AM EST
Reading the Fed’s tea leaves, the balance sheet is headed a lot higher in quarters/years to come. This is bound to reverberate through a whole host of assets, not the least of which is the bond market.
For You Merciless Dip-Buyers, Here's Your Watch-List
Article By:
Ryan Mallory
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Monday, January 27, 2020 1:00 PM EST
With SPX gaping down over 50 points this morning, there was no way the bulls wouldn't buy the dip.
Commitment Of Traders: Peek Into Future Through Futures, How Hedge Funds Are Positioned
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Paban Pandey
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Sunday, January 19, 2020 5:33 PM EST
Bond bulls and bears continue to fight over control of trend-line support. There is plenty of overhead resistance for a sustained rally to occur