hedge

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“He has a lot of haters,” said Rupak Ghose, who advised hedge funds as an investment banker and is now a finance-industry commentator.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

The fund has returned an average of 15% annually, according to people familiar with the fund, compared to the 7% average return of HFR’s index of credit hedge funds.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

For similar reasons, gold, a hedge against a falling dollar, has suffered.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

In the case of SpaceX, this flipping strategy may not be restricted to well-connected hedge funds.

From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026

But then I read the news that a little-known New York hedge fund manager named John Paulson had made $20 billion or so for his investors and nearly $4 billion for himself.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis