Hedge funds
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Hedge Funds Are Betting Big on Oil
EghtesadOnline: The enthusiasm in the oil markets is breaking records. Hedge funds reported record wagers on continued price increases for both U.S. and global oil benchmarks, along with gasoline…
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Brent Oil Steals Show as Hedge Funds Leave U.S. Crude Aside
EghtesadOnline: While enthusiasm in the U.S. oil market dwindles, things are looking a little brighter across the pond.
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Hedge Funds Seen Gaining Market Influence in Passive Boom
EghtesadOnline: The decade-long growth of cheap index-tracking funds is giving hedge funds an unexpected influence in setting market prices.
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OPEC Wins Hedge Funds Back With Jump in Oil Bets Before Deal
EghtesadOnline: Hedge funds are giving OPEC some credit again. Following four weeks of growing pessimism, bets on rising West Texas Intermediate prices jumped the most this year just as Saudi…
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Hedge Funds Are Training Their Computers to Think Like You
EghtesadOnline: Hedge funds have been trying to teach computers to think like traders for years. Now, after many false dawns, an artificial intelligence technology called deep learning that loosely…
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More Hedge Funds Shut Last Year Than Any Time Since the 2008 Crisis
EghtesadOnline: More hedge funds closed in 2016 than in any year since the financial crisis as investors moved money to larger firms and withdrew assets.
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Hedge Funds Exit Emerging-Market Assets as Real Money Swoops In
EghtesadOnline: Short-term investors are escaping emerging markets ahead of a likely U.S. interest-rate hike this week amid concern a strengthening dollar will undermine credit quality in developing…
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Hedge Funds Bet Oil Rally to Extend Into 2017 as Output Cuts Hit
EghtesadOnline: Investors are showing no sign of turning their backs on oil heading into 2017. Money managers’ wagers on rising West Texas Intermediate crude prices are triple what they were…
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The Golden Era of Hedge Funds Draws to a Close With Clients in Revolt
EghtesadOnline: Drinks flowed as hedge fund titan Robert Mercer, dressed as Mandrake the Magician, partied with Donald Trump, dressed as, well, Donald Trump.
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Late Holiday Shoppers Could End Up Winners as Funds Dump Gold
EghtesadOnline: Didn’t make it to the jewelry store in time for Christmas? Here’s your excuse: hedge funds are signaling that gold is about to get even cheaper.
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Shrinking FX market could pose stability risk: BIS
EghtesadOnline: Hedge funds and speculative investors have pulled back from the $5 trillion a day global currency market and less risk-taking by banks as well as reduced trading on multi-player…
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Once terrified, hedge fund managers warm to Trump
EghtesadOnline: Hedge fund managers were largely united in their dislike for Donald Trump before the election. Now they are optimistic that he can use his pro-growth policies to improve the economy…
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Some of the Biggest Hedge Funds Are Bleeding Cash
EghtesadOnline: Some of the biggest and best-known hedge funds can’t hang on to client capital.
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Gold Losing Appeal for Investors Retreating From Rally Bet
EghtesadOnline: Investors are growing more skeptical of gold’s lasting luster.