hedge funds

Has anyone been following the Herbalife billionaire battle? summarized nicely here, with the CNBC debacle between Ackman and Icahn. www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-01-25/ultimate-hedge-fund-deathmatch-icahn-and-ackman up until Icahn threw everything he has into Herbalife I always thought it was...

Hello, I'm doing a bit of research regarding Hedge Funds in general, and I would like to find not just "wikipedia like" information, but info about how they prospect to possible clients, their track record, how many use "algo trading" (trading using algorithms instead of fundamental or...

I heard the other day that before the oil problems of the 1970s, the financial world was 90% concerned with investment and 10% with speculation. Today, the proportions are reversed and the financial markets are 90% speculative. I don't know about you, but I find this one of the most remarkable...