Marc Andreessen has fired back at Carl Icahn, this time excerpting from Elaine Grant’s TWA - Death of a Legend in a clear attempt to scare shareholders off the... Read More

A recent survey of professional investment managers at a Morgan Stanley Financials Conference shows that a strong majority of investors think interest rates will rise in the second half... Read More

Verde Asset Management SA, Brazil’s largest hedge fund, managed by Luis Stuhlberger, added 1.89% during July bringing year-to-date returns to 4.53%, below the 6.5% that Brazil’s benchmark CDI interbank interest... Read More

If interest rates rise, defaults will increase -- but the modeling shows a 2018 default model regardless Read More

Precious Metals Strategy: Bullion Or Jewelry? Bullion confiscation has been a risk and concern which has been analyzed in previous commentaries and examined from different angles , so it’s not... Read More

The bullish mood continues as Citi predicts that not only will equities gain 15% worldwide, they even think there is room for further growth from re-ratings by year-end 2014.... Read More

One day following the tough talk of Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairwoman Mary Jo White, the agency fined a major dark pool operator for public disclosure of confidential... Read More

Western Union, the world’s largest money transfer company, has suspended its business in Greece this week, further deepening Greece’s economic woes. The news comes as Greek officials scramble to try... Read More

There has been a concern among certain economists and hedge fund practitioners that the improper use of debt and excessive free market manipulation of interest could lead to a... Read More

In the alternative investment industry, there is an unpublished list of all-time excellent risk management trades. There is Balyasny Asset Management logically modeling in 2015 that the US Federal... Read More