Excessive leverage poses a huge risk to markets. During the past few the Bank of England and European Central Bank have joined the US Federal Reserve and Bank Of Japan... read more

The combination of the slowdown in Chinese economy, the European debt crisis and plunge in oil prices could force markets to take a turn for the worse and could... read more

Real interest rates, both long and short duration, have been on a steady decline since the 1980s. Some analysts believe that thanks to the world's debt binge, and highly... read more

Some trader just bought shares in Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) for $45.09 a pop, the highest price ever paid for the security, and one that finally beat the highest point reached... read more

Hedge performed exceptionally well this year (2013), compared with last year's performance. Since the recent release of a report which put the yield of the average fund at 8.1%,... read more

Following the French election, investors plowed a record amount of cash into European equities according to Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s weekly flow show report. In what can only... read more

Part of Carl Icahn’s message is getting through to investors, but it might not be the message Icahn wanted to get through. A new study released by Bernstein research shows... read more

According to the latest Hedge Fund Research (HFR) report, one group of hedge fund managers is having a better time of it than the rest of the industry. Female... read more

What's a surefire indicator that hedge funds are on the rise? Take a look at their presence on college campuses. From Cornell, whose student-run hedge fund beat Wall Street returns to the... read more

GDP warrants were impacted when the government of Argentina released surprising economic numbers on Wednesday. But what might really be surprising is how the new administration of President Mauricio... read more