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Facebook stock decline hits hedge funds hard

8/25/2018

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A longstanding problem for hedge funds has been the limited number of companies that have sufficient amount of publicly traded stock to accommodate the appetite of hedge funds with billions of dollars to invest.  The result is "herding" where many large hedge funds end up with similar positions: i.e., a concentration of assets in a small number of stocks.  Additionally, these stocks make up a significant component of the S&P 500 which causes the heavily exposed hedge funds to show performance that mimics the S&P 500 as well as each other.
Facebook stock decline hits hedge funds hard
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-06-04/facebook-has-the-most-hedge-funds-counting-it-as-a-top-holding​
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Models will Run the World

8/24/2018

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Hedge fund titan, Steve Cohen, known as the ultimate "stock picker," i.d. make trades based on fundamental analysis, is predicting that quantitative models using massive databases, will dominate trading, as well as other sectors.
​​https://www.wsj.com/articles/models-will-run-the-world-1534716720
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Steve Wozniak joins ranks of cybercurrency investors

8/22/2018

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Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple with Steve Jobs, recently announced his participation in a crypto startup. During the interview, Mr. Wozniak (Wo...
http://ow.ly/rJnQ30lw43z
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What CEOs get Wrong about Activist Hedge Funds

8/22/2018

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CEOs view activist funds as predatory rather than as opportunities. https://lnkd.in/dbSA6hk
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Weak Link Between Alternative Data and Alpha

8/15/2018

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