Amazon has developed an apparently fundamental set of guiding principles driving an algorithm to determine which product reviews are most appropriate. As some algorithmic hedge fund managers might attest,... Read More

When Federal authorities froze the $45 million account of vilified health care investor Martin Shkreli, they are likely to be keeping an eye on the account’s equity level closely... Read More

The Securities and Exchange Commission is pressing charges against an alleged pyramid scheme that targeted Asian and Latino communities with misleading promises, but anyone who is shorting Herbalife Ltd.... Read More

A major part of the high frequency trading (HFT) debate is whether the liquidity that HFT firms provide will evaporate when there is a crisis. Market makers have never... Read More

We updated our readers on John Burbank's performance in his hedge fund Passport Global, when the hedge fund took in a 4.2% gain in Q2 and is up 10% for the... Read More

Contrarian hedge fund, Mangrove Partners' investment portfolio declined 30% in the first quarter of 2020. Q1 2020 hedge fund letters, conferences and more The fund lost 23.5% in March. After this... Read More

Many well-known asset managers donate millions of dollars to charity every year, and some of them do so through their own foundations, which they use to dole out their... Read More

On the back of a 30% drop in first-quarter volume, the outlook for commercial MBS issuance is even bleaker for the next couple of months, though there are signs... Read More

The Hague’s arbitration court ruled Monday that Russia owes former shareholders of the now-defunct oil giant Yukos over $50 billion in damages for seizure of the company. GML Ltd, the... Read More

While month over month overall trading volume increased by half a percent in June, dark pools volume dropped by 5 percent, the third straight monthly decline, according to the... Read More