Yesterday Kerrisdale Capital released a funny video to build up buzz for a multi-billion dollar short that it is going to present next Monday, presenting ‘a new generation of... Read More

With all the risks in the world, why is the stock market moving higher? JPMorgan’s Quantitative and Derivatives Strategy head Marko Kolanovic has the answers to this question, as... Read More

Chinese reverse mergers (CRM) have a bad reputation with investors. There have been so many fraud allegations over the years that shorting CRMs was practically an investment strategy at... Read More

In June, while the MSCI World Index posted an average gain of 1.8%, equity hedge funds continued to lag, returning a 1% gain on average, notes UBS. In its... Read More

Finding Sea Level For Interest Rates by Harley Bassman, PIMCO ?Investors should consider whether the interest rate swap market offers a more useful and effective benchmark rate – especially in... Read More

CSX Corporation (NYSE:CSX) will release its earnings report for the three months ended September 30 tomorrow after the bell rings on Wall Street. The company has had a solid... Read More

Exchange traded funds caught fire in 2013, passing $2.4 trillion in global AUM and giving investors great returns (much as you’d expect with surging equities), but even for investors... Read More

Moody's Investors Service handed the Commonwealth Puerto Rico a wallop, downgrading it three notches to B2 from Ba2 and impacting $14.4 billion of outstanding general obligation (GO) bonds. Puerto Rico's... Read More

Russia’s central bank may be “cracking,” A Credit Suisse report claims. When the Central Bank of Russia (CBR) surprised markets in its April 28 meeting by more sharply cutting... Read More

Peer-to-peer lending company Prosper Marketplace president Ron Suber and CFO Macy Lee did an interview with BTIG analysts Mark Palmer and Giuliano Bologna this week, and it’s clear that... Read More