Among Friday's top online stories for investors: What may be the best business of all time? Why are the Winkelvoss twins suing Facebook again? Where are all the proprietary traders going?
Among Monday's top online stories for investors: Why Paul Volker says the market is broken, a hedge fund manager's rules for living large, and how this recession compares to previous ones.
Some of the best reads for investors from around the Web, including posts about the top iPhone apps (at least this week), the Standard & Poor's 500 index's climb, the argument for going short and why stocks may be in a bubble.
Among Monday's top online stories for investors: Why everyone hates TARP; bullish signs for housing; stocks that matter most to hedge funds.
Among Tuesday's top stories for investors: How do dividend-paying stocks stack up against non-dividend-paying stocks? Is Facebook making it easier for stalkers? Are all hedge funds scams?
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.
The smart money has moved away from stocks. So is the era of stock investing over? It's too early to tell, but one thing is certain: "Money goes where it is treated best, and that hasn't been in stocks," says one expert.
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.
Hedge funds are doubling down on inflation by buying gold. Institutions are buying corporate bonds -- a wager on deflation. Should you follow them? And if so, which way?
Armajaro Holdings just bought roughly 7% of the global supply of the beans that make chocolate. That's virtually all the cocoa warehoused in Europe: 240,000 tons, valued at close $1 billion. That could push cocoa prices even higher.
Among today's top online stories for investors are include three stocks that are better buys than Apple, 52 ways to die in a cave, an examination of sports betting hedge funds, and more proof that nobody ever really remembers what the last recovery was like.
The tough new restrictions will likely fuel demands for similar curbs in the U.S. But not everyone is convinced that the new rules will have the intended effect of changing bankers' riskiest practices.
The massive regulatory revision touches almost every aspect of the financial industry. In addition to rules aimed at trimming risk-taking among banks, the package prominently includes several new protections for consumers.
For retail investors hoping to build retirement savings or fund kids' education, latency arbitrage skims off some $3 billion a year from their gains. Find out how the practice allows big hedge funds to profit -- without risk -- from a rigged market.
The acquisition by British hedge fund giant Man Group of rival firm GLG Partners not only catapults the firm to the top of the hedge fund league, but sets the stage for a likely big push into the U.S. market.
Among some of the best reads for investors from around the Web are a story on why catheter stocks are sexy, a piece on the top yielding stocks under $5 and whether April a good month or a bad month historically, in the market.
Some of Friday's best reads for investors from the Internet, including my favorite stock for less than $5, 20 reasons to be optimistic about the economy, and should Michael Burry succeed Warren Buffett?
Some of the best stories for investors from the Internet, including good news about home prices, top long and short positions held by hedge funds, and the many myths of Warren Buffett.
After the worst calendar year loss in history, hedge funds came back strongly in 2009, as three separate indexes that track industry performance recorded gains of 18% or more. That didn't stop hedge funds from losing $131 billion through redemptions, but the money that remained was put to good use.
Interesting stories for investors from around the Internet, including lessons traders can learn from gamblers and why Whitney Tilson loves Berkshire Hathaway.
Retail investors who think they're missing out on the big money because they don't have a million bucks to get into a hedge fund should consider themselves lucky. Hedge funds had their best year in a decade in 2009 -- and yet they couldn't even beat the broader market.
Notoriously conservative investors, insurance companies cut their hedge fund allocations in 2009. But as the sting of the financial crisis eases, they'll come back looking for stronger returns.
