As the likelihood of Greece exiting the euro keeps going up, hedge funds that had been attracted to low equity prices and high yields in the past few years will have to manage the fallout (or those that haven’t already left, anyhow). In its weekly brief, Lyxor Asset Management takes stock of its Greek exposure and decides that its positions are ‘moderate and reasonably hedged’.
After years of non-existent growth, global trade growth rebounded in 2017, defying expectations. Heading into the year, many analysts were predicting a trade war between China and the US as... Read More
Right now the big question is whether Greece will accept the harsh terms set by the Eurogroup to avoid Grexit, but even if there is a third bailout it... Read More
Great article by David Kass on Todd Combs and Ted Weschler. If you missed his other recent excellent piece check it out here. How did Mr. Combs and Mr. Weschler... Read More
BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE:BLK) caused quite a stir in the ETF world at the end of June after iShares chief Mark Wiedman questioned the very nature of ETFs in an open... Read More
Euclidean has spent the last year working on a thorough investigation of the application of deep learning techniques to long-term investing. One outcome of this process is a peer... Read More
Mid-Day Market Report Market Action US: Dow: 12865.86 (0.50%), S&P 500: 1350.99 (0.62%), NASDAQ: 2926.21 (0.77%) Europe: CAC: 3384.55 (0.34%), DAX: 6738.47 (0.68%), FTSE: 5905.70 (0.90%). Asia: China: 2351.85 (-0.01%), Hong Kong:... Read More
“Machine learning” is all the buzz in hedge fund strategies, as fund managers race to prove they can play the latest trend, and quantitative scientists are in demand at... Read More
IDP Published on Dec 10, 2017 How much you gonna get? When you gonna get it? How sure are you? Read More
The U.S. generics giant Mylan Inc. (NASDAQ:MYL) reported positive financial performance for the fourth quarter with total revenues amounting to $1.72 billion, up 12.5 percent from the same period in... Read More
Before the controversy surrounding his earlier investigative report on for-profit education has wound down, Senator Tom Harkin is scheduled to release another report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO)... Read More
