Tag: Hedge funds
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All the greats in business studied the greats in business. Books are the best way to do that. Here are my favorites… Founder — Founder is the story of the founder of the Rothschild banking dynasty, Mayer Amschel Rothschild. Mayer faced bigotry that most of us could not imagine. Like…
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He started with $50 million. Today, Thomas Laffont manages $50 billion. At the All-In Summit, the Coatue Management co-founder explains what has gone wrong in the venture market and how we get back on track. Fake Unicorns There are 1,440 private tech companies valued at over $1 billion. This is…
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At $3.3 trillion, NVIDIA is the most valuable company on earth. The Magnificent 7 now make up 35% of the S&P 500. Meanwhile, the average SaaS company trades at a 5.9x revenue multiple. This is the lowest since 2016 and below long term averages. I’ve never seen markets this top-heavy…
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These hedge fund fees are getting ridiculous. Some are taking almost 60% of investment gains, according to a new Bloomberg report. These days, a handful of large multistrategy funds dominate the hedge fund industry. Investors are falling all over themselves trying to write bigger and bigger checks into the same…
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Ken Griffin’s Citadel is one of the biggest hedge funds on earth. But last year, its performance lagged well behind the S&P 500. From CNBC: Billionaire investor Ken Griffin’s various hedge fund strategies at Citadel all posted double-digit returns for 2023, but they failed to beat the S&P 500. Citadel’s multistrategy…
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The multibillion dollar Haidar Jupiter fund has lost 50% of its assets in 2023. The macro hedge fund made bad bets on bonds and other securities, magnified with borrowed money. From a new report in Institutional Investor: Haidar Jupiter Fund all but assured it will finish the year deep in…
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It should have been rock solid. But a rogue trader at Two Sigma, a $60 billion hedge fund, has caused $170 million in investor losses. Two Sigma is now under SEC investigation. From The Wall Street Journal: A researcher at Two Sigma Investments adjusted the hedge fund’s investing models without…
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It should’ve been the trade of a lifetime. Instead, Carl Icahn’s bet against shopping malls has cost him $742 million — and counting. The Big Short 2.0 Reporters called it the Big Short 2.0. In 2019, the hedge fund billionaire placed a massive bet that the growth of e-commerce would…
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Hedge fund Pelham Capital is in hot water. The London-based giant has lost almost 80% of its assets after years of poor returns. From a report out overnight in The Financial Times: Pelham Capital, once one of the biggest names in London’s equity hedge fund sector, has lost more than…
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“‘It got to the point where I literally got sick to my stomach,’ she recalls. ‘Every day I got home and would think to myself, I helped set someone up for failure.’” The Greatest Trade Ever Karen Waheed, who worked at New Century Financial, was becoming increasingly worried about the…
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