Hedge Fund Managers

Some of the world's most prominent hedge fund managers are betting against the eurozone -- and not just the weak little countries -- we're talking Germany and France. Here's why that's bad news for all of us.

President Obama has officially launched his reelection campaign and when it's time to vote again many may ask themselves whether they are better off than they were four years ago. A close look at the statistics reveals the clear winners and losers so far.

The Securities and Exchange Commission's insider-trading charges against Rajat Gupta, former head of consulting firm McKinsey & Co., comes as a shock to many. The news comes after another McKinsey director pleaded guilty to insider-trading charges in January. Should we expect more to come?

The smartest money on Wall Street may be at the top hedge funds, whose investment managers are paid billions a year to beat the market. Those gurus only take big money clients, but you can follow their lead: DailyFinance has the 10 best stock picks of the 10 highest-paid hedge fund managers.

The Securities and Exchange Commission, is examining whether asset managers that recommend and funnel money to hedge funds are acting in investors' best interest. This is important to you if you've got money managed by someone else. If you're a client, you can't easily verify performance and fees...

Some hedge-fund managers are having a tough year. After suffering unusual losses, two well-known managers, Stanley Druckenmiller of Duquesne Capital and Paolo Pellegrini of PSQR, are leaving the business.

Hedge-fund manager Stanley Druckenmiller, who has never had a losing year in his three-decade career, says he's shutting his firm, Duquesne Capital Management. Druckenmiller said he's tired of the stress of managing clients' money.

Remember Galleon Group? It used to be a $3.7 billion hedge fund before its manager, Raj Rajaratnam, was accused of using inside information to trade stocks (he's now out on $100 million bail). One of the alleged inside trades was a bet on a spike in the stock of Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)...

On Friday, FBI agents arrested Raj Rajaratnam, founder of the Galleon Group Hedge fund, at his Manhattan home. Charged with running an insider trading scheme, he was hit with what may be the biggest bail bond in U.S. history: $100 million. By comparison, Bernie Madoff and Tyco CEO Dennis Kozlowski...