“ ‘We believe that hindsight will show the champion of head-smacking craziness in the American stock market to be the period playing out right now.’ ” That’s billionaire Paul Singer of Elliott Management suggesting that the market for equities has pretty much jumped the shark, in a Jan. 28 letter …
Read More »Key Words: The U.S. is at a ‘tipping point’ that could lead to civil war, warns the world’s biggest hedge-fund manager
Getty Images “ ‘The United States is at a tipping point in which it could go from manageable internal tension to revolution and/or civil war.’ ” That’s Ray Dalio, the billionaire founder of Bridgewater Associates, sounding the alarm in his latest LinkedIn post on the class and power struggles that …
Read More »The Fed: Hedge-fund selling was not ‘primary driver’ of Treasury market turmoil, Fed study says
A man wearing a face mask takes a selfie at the Charging Bull statue. angela weiss/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images Hedge funds were not the primary villains of the turmoil in the Treasury market as the grip of the coronavirus intensified in March, according to a Federal Reserve report released Monday. While …
Read More »Key Words: The U.S. could be looking at ‘severely’ limited growth even after the pandemic, warns top hedge-fund exec
Getty Images “ ‘A number of countries have done a much better job of dealing with the virus without inflating their budget deficits and printing money.’ ” That’s Bob Prince, co-chief investment officer of the world’s largest hedge fund at Bridgewater Associates, explaining to Bloomberg in a recent interview why …
Read More »Need to Know: Why hedge-fund manager Bill Ackman says he dumped Berkshire Hathaway but held on to these winners
We’ve got a meaty call of the day from Pershing Square Capital Management hedge-fund manager Bill Ackman, who told investors on a call on Wednesday that he is dumping shares in Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway BRK.A, -0.52% BRK.B, -0.61%. While Buffett is always the main attraction in a room, Ackman …
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