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Why Hedge Funds Remain The Worst Performing Asset Class Of 2016
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Tyler Durden
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Sunday, September 25, 2016 4:11 PM EDT
It's been a bad year for hedge funds as a result of significantly underperforming the market, coupled with the biggest wave of redemptions since the financial crisis. Unfortunately, according to the latest Goldman data, there's no reprieve in sight.
Is The Latest Risk-Parity Blow Up Just Starting?
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Tyler Durden
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Sunday, September 18, 2016 5:26 PM EDT
Thanks to the relentless barrage of Bank of Japan trial balloons, which ultimately unleashed a dramatic steepening of the bond curve first in Japan and then everywhere else, the “risk-parity” rout indeed arrived.
Warren Buffett Is (Actually) Losing His Hedge Fund Bet
Article By:
Cullen Roche
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Wednesday, September 14, 2016 2:49 AM EDT
Back in 2008 Warren Buffett made a famous bet with a big hedge fund. Buffett bet that the S&P 500 would outperform a fund of hedge funds over the next 10 year period.
8 Reasons Why One Hedge Fund Is Keeping A Long VIX Position On
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Tyler Durden
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Monday, September 12, 2016 10:32 PM EDT
At least according to one advisor, GS Banque's Loic Schmid, it is prudent to keep some volatility protection on after the recent risk-off episode.
In this article: VIX
Iconic Hedge Fund Perry Capital Loses 60% Of AUM As Investors Flee
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Tyler Durden
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Sunday, September 11, 2016 6:21 AM EDT
While it has not unwound just yet, the 28-year-old hedge fund run by Goldman alum Richard Perry, has lost more than half of its assets in less than a year after posting declines since 2014.
"Everyone's On The Same Side Of The Boat Again" - Hedge Funds Have Never Been More "All-In"
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Tyler Durden
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Monday, September 5, 2016 4:15 PM EDT
Since February, "nothing else matters" but the $200 billion or so per month of central bank money printing and asset purchasing.
Why This $1.6 Billion Hedge Fund Is 50% In Cash
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Tyler Durden
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Monday, September 5, 2016 6:03 AM EDT
Massive central bank stimulus with below zero rates and quantitative easing has led to increasingly dysfunctional markets, with even the negative correlation between stocks and bonds breaking down.
Silver Update…Stay Sober
Article By:
Trader Dan
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Saturday, September 3, 2016 5:34 PM EDT
Silver managed to claw its way back above its downtrending 10 day moving average, a positive sign. The reaction to the NFP report was bullish as the market pushed further away from the 10 day hitting the 50 day before retreating off of that level.
In this article: SLV, JJC (RETIRED)
Hedge Funds Are "All In" Again
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Tyler Durden
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Sunday, August 28, 2016 7:16 PM EDT
The market hit a new high (or is that low) in complacency earlier this week when we reported that August has seen the least volatility since 1995.
Post Yellen = Confusion
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Trader Dan
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Sunday, August 28, 2016 8:43 AM EDT
For those thinking that any Fed rate hike would send the Dollar soaring, pressuring Emerging Markets as well as equity markets both here domestically and elsewhere, she sounded the theme of interest rates remaining low for a long time.