“…during Lehman, unprecedented HF redemptions played a big role in propagating the equity and credit market declines”.
Category: hedge funds
‘We Didn’t Know How To Navigate The Virus’: Ray Dalio’s Pure Alpha II Takes Big Hit Amid Market Chaos
“We stayed in our positions and in retrospect we should have cut all risk”.
‘Mind The Lesson From 2008’ As Private Asset AUM Booms Despite Hedge Fund Underperformance
“While warehousing more illiquidity risk is not a problem for long-term investors in normal times”…
Lots Of Beta, But No Alpha Makes Jack A Dull Boy
A familiar tale, but one worth (briefly) retelling…
Hedge Funds ‘Particularly Vulnerable’ To Market Unwind On ‘Crowding Risk’
Still, everything should be fine as long as nobody yells “fire!”. Or “recession”.
What Breaks First? Full Week Ahead Preview
At this juncture, it’s probably just a matter of what “breaks” first in the “everything rally”.
Hedge Funds Made (Kinda, Sorta) Great Again Amid 2019 Market Rally
As bad as 2018 was for nearly all investors, last year was especially trying for equity hedge funds.
‘Bending The Knee To Vigilante Markets’
“Once again”…
Nomura’s McElligott Tells You ‘Why We’re Here’ And Where He Thinks We’re Going
“This seizure-like behavior isn’t endearing risk-taking in the final days of 2018″…
‘Chopped’: Nomura’s McElligott Weighs In On ‘Sell The Rip’
“Yet another expression of macro regime change.”
‘Shutdown The Book’.
“In October and November, the pain behind the screens (portfolios) felt like it was 2-3x of the pain on the screens”…