hedge funds

Congress scrutinizes hedge funds

CNN Money  Thu, 11/13/2008 - 9:53am

A Congressional committee scrutinized risks in the hedge fund industry on Thursday to determine whether further regulation is needed.



 

Hedge funds make £13bn loss on VW

BBC Finance  Wed, 10/29/2008 - 5:00am

Hedge funds have lost £13bn on Volkswagen in two days having bet on shares in the carmaker falling.



 

Lower Oil Prices Catch Billionaire Off Guard

NPR Programs: Morning Edition  Thu, 09/25/2008 - 8:13am

Oil magnate T. Boone Pickens is taking a beating financially. The slump in the price of oil has cost his hedge funds around $1 billion this year.

This isn't the kind of result you'd expect from a guy who's written a book called The First Billion is the Hardest.

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Hedge funds stumble in first half of '08

CNN Money  Wed, 07/09/2008 - 8:59am

Hedge funds delivered their worst performance on record during the first half of 2008, revealing that the industry has not been immune to the broader market turmoil.



 

Oil speculation: What Congress wants

CNN Money  Tue, 06/24/2008 - 8:03am

Close loopholes on foreign oil trading. Limit hedge funds from pouring money into the market. End oil speculation altogether.



 

Buffett bets big: Hedge funds can't beat S&P

CNN Money  Mon, 06/09/2008 - 7:34am

Will a collection of hedge funds, carefully selected by experts, return more to investors over the next 10 years than the S&P 500?



 

Open-source Marketcetera gets $4 million to help others make mil...

CNET Tech blog  Mon, 04/07/2008 - 3:00pm

Marketcetera just announced a $4 million series A round of venture funding with Shasta Ventures and Jack Selby, managing director and co-founder of Clarium Capital.

There's something highly appropriate in a hedge fund investing in a software company set up to help hedge funds (and others).



 

Another hedge fund bites the dust

CNN Money  Thu, 04/03/2008 - 2:22pm

After months of poor performance, AQR Capital Management plans to close at least one of its hedge funds at the end of this month.



 

Iceland's economy 'under attack'

BBC Finance  Wed, 04/02/2008 - 4:52am

Iceland considers intervening in financial markets to fight hedge funds it says are attacking its economy.