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GLOSSIES

Times Tough for I-Bankers, in 'Marie Antoinette' Kind of Way

Tough times prompt some soul searching, but titans confident they'll regain Wall St. primacy

Oct 20, 08 3:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - With Wall Street in free fall, many of its elite I-bankers are seeing the status quo turned upside-down, Vanessa Grigoriadis writes in New York. Once at the top of the heap, working for companies that praised them as smartest people out there, some are fighting to survive on the Street,... More »

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Wall Street • Goldman Sachs • Morgan Stanley • Bear Stearns • Merrill Lynch • lifestyle • investment bankers • hedge funds • financial crisis

Not Quite Main Street's Fantasy Football

Fueled by hedge-fund types, Wall St. league boasts $1M purse

Oct 17, 08 2:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - While the world suffers through financial meltdown, some of the world’s wealthiest money managers are easing the mood by competing in one of Wall Street’s most exclusive boys clubs: A $1 million fantasy-football league. Hedge-fund titans predominate among owners, who pay $100,000 annually for their teams—and... More »

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Wall Street • NFL • football • fantasy sports • recreation • hedge funds • financial crisis

 Now Brace for Short-Sellers 

Wall Street steels for end of ban short-selling

Oct 8, 08 6:01 AM CDT
(Newser) - The controversial three-week ban on short-selling financial stocks ends at midnight tonight and analysts are uncertain about the impact on an already-traumatized Wall Street. Financial shares have plunged 23% since the ban was imposed, suggesting short-selling might not have played as large a role as suspected in earlier declines, reports... More »

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NASDAQ • General Motors • MIT • General Electric • SEC • short selling • financial stocks • hedge funds • CVS Caremark

Hedge Funds in Hot Seat After Market Plunge

Plunging stock prices, redemptions coincide to deal industry a one-two punch

Sep 30, 08 10:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - At a time when markets need their money more than ever, the $2-trillion hedge fund industry could fall victim to bad timing, as yesterday's plunge coincides with today’s deadline for many investors to withdraw before year’s end, the Wall Street Journal reports. Funds may be forced to sell... More »

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private equity • stock market • bailout • market turmoil • credit market chaos • hedge funds

ANALYSIS

 Hedge-Fund Exodus 
 May Add to Woes 

Deadline looms tomorrow for investors to bail from already-struggling market

Sep 29, 08 9:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hedge funds are bracing for a major test of wills tomorrow, the deadline for investors to withdraw from the funds for the rest of the year, the New York Times reports. A spate of withdrawals could cause a cascade of flight from the $2 trillion industry, which has seen its... More »

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investors • financial markets • bailout • credit market chaos • hedge funds

Opinion

 Wolfe: Stars Went to 
 Hedge Funds Long Ago 

Tom Wolfe watches as the Masters of the Universe flee New York for Greenwich hedges

Sep 28, 08 1:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - Tom Wolfe has been fielding a lot of questions about where the Wall Street crisis leaves the Masters of the Universe now, writes the author of the seminal book about the excesses of 1980s traders in the New York Times. But, he notes, the real investment banking superstars left for... More »

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Wall Street • New York Stock Exchange • Greenwich • investment bankers • Tom Wolfe • hedge funds

 Pickens' Own 
 Energy Funds 
 Down $1B 

Oil magnate's plan for own investments not so sharp

Sep 24, 08 8:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - T. Boones Pickens' energy plan might need some tweaking —at least when it comes to his own investments. Even as the billionaire campaigns for his energy independence proposal, his energy-focused hedge funds have lost about $1 billion this year, the Wall Street Journal reports. “It's my toughest run... More »

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energy • T. Boone Pickens • hedge funds

Hedge Funds Poised to Profit as Banks Shun Risk

Private equity eyes trading territory ceded by changes at Goldman, Morgan Stanley

Sep 23, 08 1:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - With the last two large US investment banks going commercial in an effort to stay afloat, private-equity and hedge funds are stepping into the void, the Wall Street Journal reports. Taking on roles previously filled by the likes of Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley, hedge funds like Citadel and private-equity... More »

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Blackstone Group • Goldman Sachs • Merrill Lynch • Lehman Brothers • Citadel Investment Group • market turmoil • investment banks • hedge funds

Tough Times Ground
Hedge Fund High-Fliers

Specialized investment industry dragged back to earth by shaky market

Sep 12, 08 12:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - The recent market turmoil has taken a good deal of the shine off of hedge funds, as managers are unable to reproduce their heretofore exemplary results in poor market conditions, the New York Times reports. The average hedge fund lost 4% this year, the worst overall results in the industry’... More »

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finance • hedge fund • investment • credit market • endowment • pension funds • investment banks • hedge funds

Harvard's Endowment Shines in Tough  Financial Year

$35B fund sees modest 7%-9% growth

Aug 7, 08 10:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - Harvard’s endowment did better than most in the down market, reports the Wall Street Journal. The $35 billion fund, which ended its fiscal year in June, earned 7% to 9%. “That would be easily the best performer among the foundations and endowments that we track," says a... More »

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investing • higher education • Harvard • commodities • endowment • hedge funds

Yoga Helping Traders Bear Market Tumult

High finance may seem incompatible, but practice is booming

Jul 24, 08 11:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - The yoga industry is doing big business on the financial market as bankers and traders look for ways to take a step back and rise above the whirlwind, the Wall Street Journal reports. Life in the market “is the antithesis of what yoga is about in terms of inner... More »

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Wall Street • exercise • Yoga • hedge funds • Ashtanga

First Half of '08 Worst Ever for Hedge Funds

0.75% drop is a record for industry that's only reported 1 losing year

Jul 9, 08 12:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hedge funds have fallen an average of 0.75% in the first half of 2008, the worst yearly start for the industry since Hedge Fund Research began collecting data in 1990. Even 2002, the only year on record in which the $1.9 trillion industry lost money, was sunnier. "... More »

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economic indicators • financial sector • hedge funds

Hedge Funds Turn Bullish
on Lobbying

As Congress ponders new taxes, regulations, industry opens wallet

Jul 8, 08 4:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - The hedge-fund industry is stepping up its lobbying efforts, Politico reports, having belatedly realized how tempting a target it presents to cash-strapped politicians. Facing attacks from both sides of the aisle for their tax-free offshore accounts and lightly taxed incomes, hedge funds upped lobbying spending to $1.9 million last... More »

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lobbying • lobbyists • tax breaks • hedge funds

 Bridge 'Suicide' Ruled Fugitive 

Hedge fund founder on the lam: marshals

Jun 17, 08 3:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - A New York hedge fund manager who bilked investors out of $400 million has been declared a fugitive by federal authorities, reports Bloomberg. "Suicide has been ruled out,'' said a spokesman for the US Marshals Service. Samuel Israel disappeared the day he was scheduled to begin a 20-year... More »

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suicide • New York Stock Exchange • Ponzi scheme • Samuel Israel • Bayou Group • U.S. Marshals Service • hedge funds

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