Hedge funds back to levered trade that went bust in 2008

February 27, 2025

Catenaa, Thursday, February 27, 2025– Hedge funds are using a diversified investment strategy that seeks to juice returns through leverage more than a decade after it blew up during the 2008 financial crisis, a Bloomberg report said on Thursday. The report said that the approach, widely known as “portable alpha,” uses derivatives to track returns of long-only […]

Hedge funds exiting US tech and media stocks

February 24, 2025

Catenaa, Monday, February 24, 2025– Hedge funds have exited US tech and media stocks during the two weeks ending on February 21 at the fastest pace in six months, according to Goldman Sachs. A note sent to Goldman Sachs clients on Friday said speculators “aggressively” dumped both long and short positions in AI-related equipment, media, and communications […]