Hedge Funds

Paulson Policy Failures

Alan Schram | Posted 11.24.2008 | Business


Alan Schram

The Treasury's policy did nothing to build confidence or stabilize the markets. The precipitous drop of the equity markets in October and November are the market's judgment on their policies.

Paulson Calls for More Hedge Fund Oversight

New York Times | Posted 11.21.2008 | Business


On Thursday, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said he wants to see more hedge fund regulation as part of his proposal for creation of a new systemic r...

A Stock Market Held Hostage by the Dollar

Michael Pento | Posted 11.17.2008 | Business


Michael Pento

In today's artificial and perverse global economy the best short term medicine for the ailing markets would be a weakening U.S. currency

Crisis = Disaster + Opportunity: Yin And Yang, And What China Knows About The Economy

Vivian Norris de Montaigu | Posted 11.17.2008 | Business


Vivian Norris de Montaigu

This lack of balance is why we need more women involved in leading the world's economy. There is simply too much of a male-focused approach and it is not working!

Deficit and jobless claims jump, but stocks soar

AP | MARTIN CRUTSINGER | Posted 11.13.2008 | Business


WASHINGTON — The nation's financial picture grew darker Thursday, a day marked by breathtaking numbers: a quarter-trillion-dollar budget deficit...

Congress Takes Aim At Griffin's Citadel

Robert Reed | Posted 11.12.2008 | Chicago


Robert Reed

Ken Griffin, Chicago hedge fund magnate and one of the country's wealthiest men, is the anti-Trump. Unlike The Donald, Griffin hates being noticed. All that is about to change Thursday.

Yes We Can... What?

Alan Schram | Posted 11.11.2008 | Business


Alan Schram

Barack Obama is faced with very high expectations. There is only a small likelihood that any human being could actually deliver a performance commensurate with those expectations.

Washington Overreacts

Alan Schram | Posted 11.10.2008 | Business


Alan Schram

Have you noticed our politicians so often do exactly the wrong thing? They mean well, but in their haste to propitiate us, the voters, they cause more damage than good.

The Hedge Fund Business, Explained

Henry Blodget | Posted 11.06.2008 | Business


Henry Blodget

Over the six years Capital Compensation Partners was in business, the firm made $261 million, and the firm's clients lost $203 million. All the risk was borne by the clients, who got obliterated in the end.

Buffett's Wrong: Stay Out of Stocks

Diane Francis | Posted 10.27.2008 | Business


Diane Francis

Far be it from me to contradict one of the world's greatest stock sages and business analysts. But I will.

Why The Government Can't "Fix" the Crisis

Danny Schechter | Posted 10.25.2008 | Business


Danny Schechter

In what was for many an unbelievable chain of events, markets started melting down, confidence shattered and believers in unregulated transactions realized something was very, very wrong.

The Anatomy of the Financial Crisis and Why We Must Get It Right

Mort Zuckerman | Posted 10.22.2008 | Business


Mort Zuckerman

The danger is that politicians, who have little understanding of the financial world, may draw the wrong conclusions from Wall Street follies and make the wrong decisions as they try to revive our financial system.

Stock Market Foreclosures -- The Whole World Is For Sale

Larry Gellman | Posted 10.07.2008 | Business


Larry Gellman

The gut-wrenching drops in stock prices are not related any more to economic prospects or the decisions of Congress. Stocks are in a foreclosure mode and values have been destroyed by forced selling -- major repentance for past sins.

Chicago Hedge Fund Reeling

The New York Times | Louise Story | Posted 10.07.2008 | Chicago


Kenneth C. Griffin was one of those Wall Street whiz kids. As a teenager, he traded out of his dorm room at Harvard. In his 20s, he opened his own hed...

Don't touch the stock market

Diane Francis | Posted 10.01.2008 | Business


Diane Francis

Here's my latest warning: Do not be lulled into buying equities because there was a bounce in markets, where some losses were recouped. Or buying bec...

Hedge Funds Brace For Investors To Cash Out

New York Times | Louise Story | Posted 09.29.2008 | Business


First, the money rushed into hedge funds. Now, some fear, it could rush out. Even as Washington reached a tentative agreement on Sunday over what may...

The economic attacks you didn't hear from Obama

Tom D'Antoni | Posted 09.27.2008 | Home


Tom D'Antoni

Last night's debates have been judged a tie by some analysts, but given the economic free-fall due to Republican greed and deregulation favored...

Ned Lamont On Wall Street Crisis: "This Is Our Katrina"

Wall Street Journal | Robert Frank | Posted 09.25.2008 | Business


"It's the human toll that is frightening," said State Rep. Livvy Floren, a friend of Mr. Fuld. "Dick Fuld has spent 39 years of his life doing this. I...

Hedge Fund Performances Leaked (VIDEO)

CNBC | Posted 09.23.2008 | Business


CNBC's Vicky Ward talks about leaked hedge fund performances, year-to-date. A lot funds have had a pretty rough year of it so far. Follow the link to ...

California Hedge Fund Quits, Returns Money To Investors

Financial Times | James Mackintosh | Posted 09.22.2008 | Business


The best-performing hedge fund manager of the past two years has closed down his funds and is returning money to investors after concluding that the d...

Costco and the Great Federal Bailout

Howard Gewirtz | Posted 09.19.2008 | Business


Howard Gewirtz

If you've paid your taxes, you are now the proud owner of unregulated hedge funds, mortgaged-backed junk bonds, etc. In other words, crap.

Rating The Top 30 Hedge Fund Traders Under 30

Telegraph | Helen Power | Posted 09.03.2008 | Business


They are the masters of the universe in training. Hedge fund bible Trader Monthly will today publish its list of 30 of the world's top traders under ...

Everybody's Quitting Hedge Funds These Days

DealBook | Andrew Ross Sorkin | Posted 09.03.2008 | Business


Running a hedge fund has long been considered one of the top jobs in finance, but this summer a growing number of managers have called it quits, unabl...

CNBC's Ronald Insana's Legends Fund A Bumpy Experiment

DealBook | Andrew Ross Sorkin | Posted 08.19.2008 | Business


Do you remember a time, only a short while ago, when virtually anybody could start a hedge fund? It seemed so easy: billions of dollars were being thr...

Obama's Popularity On Wall Street Explained

Dealbreaker | John Carney | Posted 08.04.2008 | Business


Is it just noblesse oblige? Have the masters of the universe simply decided to start sacrificing for the good of the country? Perhaps but Gasparino t...