The hedge fund experts at Evanston Capital expect the good times to roll in 2026 for funds that combine long and short stock positions. The Evanston, Ill.-based investment firm, which manages $4.3 ...

"Hedge fund": The phrase evokes images of pirates in designer suits … of backroom deals over cigars and single malt … of Gordon Gekko's iconic line from the 1987 movie Wall Street: "Greed is good." ...

Hedge funds are known for their high-risk and high-return approach to investment. Due to these practices, some funds are bound up to lose money. In other cases, investors plan a deliberate scheme to ...

It’s hard to know what to do when there are so many risks dragging down share prices across one’s portfolio. Whether it’s the ...

On Tuesday, July 29, US stocks closed lower as investors reacted to earnings reports and economic data, while also preparing for the Federal Reserve’s interest rate decision coming on Wednesday. The S ...

In the high-pressure world of the largest hedge funds, competition is constant -- not just between firms, but within their own trading teams. That intensity has given rise to specialists like ...

Most of the new capital flowed to firms with more than $5 billion under management, according to HFR data. Trendy pod-shop funds were particularly popular. Hedge-fund assets surge to nearly $5 ...

Wasn’t a key selling point of hedge funds that they could make money even when the (US) stock market was falling, unlike mutual funds? Well, hedge funds may be hedged against a fall in the US stock ...

Nvidia's stock has struggled this year.

Trading volume in foreign exchange (FX) options is on the rise. The EUR/USD currency pair is seeing the most activity. Data from the Federal Reserve and the Bank of England show multi-period increases ...

Laurence wrote breaking news and features on hedge funds in Europe for The Wall Street Journal. He was focused on investigations into frauds and scandals in the financial industry, looking at areas ...