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Hedge Funds
the money game
Nov. 13, 2023
Wall Street’s Gloomiest Hedge-Fund Manager on ‘a Huge Crash Coming’ “This is the most dangerous time in the markets ever,” says Mark Spitznagel.
By Jen Wieczner
the money game
July 12, 2023
Shane Smith Has a Secret Multimillion-Dollar Vice Deal The co-founder’s quiet current role as Vice’s big dealmaker means he is unlikely to leave anytime soon.
By Kevin T. Dugan
the money game
June 17, 2022
Another Big Crypto Player Just Blew Up Three Arrows Capital, one of the biggest and most prominent players in the space, is now looking for someone to bail it out.
By Kevin T. Dugan
the money game
June 17, 2022
‘The Poster Child’ of the Tech Meltdown Secretive hedge fund Tiger Global changed the rules on tech investing. Then it all went bad.
By Michelle Celarier
investigations
Apr. 20, 2022
The Air-Ambulance Vultures The search for why my emergency flight cost $86,184 led me to a hidden culprit: private equity.
By Chris Stanton
the money game
Nov. 20, 2021
Crypto Fans Lose U.S. Constitution to a Billionaire Hedge fund manager Ken Griffin won an ultra-rare copy of the Constitution for $43.2 million, outbidding a group of over 17,000 crypto enthusiasts.
By Kevin T. Dugan
follow the money
July 16, 2019
Jeffrey Epstein’s Hedge-Fund Bets Gone Bad He took investment advice from a Wall Street friend, and came out on the wrong end of an accounting scandal featuring a dodgy Gulfstream jet purchase.
By Michelle Celarier
unsolved mysteries
July 11, 2019
Real Hedge-Fund Managers Have Some Thoughts on What Epstein Was Actually Doing He claimed he was one of them, but the people who know the business best don’t believe it. They see something else instead.
By Michelle Celarier
How a Group of Computer Geeks and English Majors Transformed Wall Street In the 1980s, a quiet hedge fund located above a Marxist bookstore launched a revolution that would change finance (and give us Amazon).
By Michelle Celarier
Instead of a Reassuring Senior Communications Director, Trump Chose the Mooch At a time when the White House could benefit from a steady, respected hand to run the communications shop, Trump went in a very different direction.
By Ed Kilgore
Bill Ackman Finally Cuts His Losses on Valeant The billionaire hedge-fund manager staked his reputation on turning around the controversial pharmaceutical company. That was a bad bet.
By Eric Levitz
select all
Sept. 20, 2016
Who Needs Bankers When You Have Robots? They have already invaded the market. Their total victory is where things get interesting.
By David Wallace-Wells
let the speculation begin
June 24, 2016
A Brexit Boom for Billionaires George Soros and other speculators may have cashed in on the market chaos Friday.
By Michelle Celarier
Meet the Wall Street Titans Who Back Trump Some of their peers think they’re liable to ruin their reputations.
By Michelle Celarier
The World’s Highest-Paid Hedge-Fund Manager Loves Leverage It worked well for him in 2015. Will the same be true this year?
By Michelle Celarier
class warfare
Apr. 28, 2016
Activists Have Declared War on Hedge Funds — and They Might Be Winning Large investors are pulling out money for both political and financial reasons. Does this mark the beginning of a long decline?
By Michelle Celarier
lifestyles of the rich and richer
Feb. 25, 2015
Hedgies Stumble Upon the Brilliant Idea of Investing in Apple An update from the world of stealing from the rich to give to the rich.
By Annie Lowrey
Prince Harry: Seeking Hedge-Fund Hottie? Notably scoping out the 100 Women in Hedge Funds gala dinner.
By Maggie Lange
What’s the Matter With Connecticut? A dispatch from the richest, worst economy in the country.
By Annie Lowrey
What Argentina’s Default Saga Means for You First Argentina loses the World Cup final, now this.
By Annie Lowrey
white men with money
Apr. 10, 2014
Steve Cohen Gets Away: ‘Why Did Preet Wuss Out?’ The big fish of the hedge-fund world escapes prosecution.
By Steve Fishman
Small Plates
June 11, 2013
By Hugh Merwin
white men with money
May 8, 2013
The Things You See at a Las Vegas Hedge Fund Confab Dapper suits, men’s room lines, and a private jet salesman.
By Kevin Roose
white men with money
Jan. 15, 2013
By Kevin Roose
good ship galleon
July 14, 2011
Danielle Chiesi Settles for $540,000 With SEC Bet that was one exchange that didn’t feel like an orgasm.
By Chris Rovzar
bridgewater
Apr. 13, 2011
By Kevin Roose
the future is coming
Apr. 7, 2011
By Nitasha Tiku
mind the income gap
Apr. 1, 2011
By Nitasha Tiku
sec no evil
Mar. 29, 2011
By Nitasha Tiku
white men with money
Mar. 8, 2011
By Nitasha Tiku
white men with money
Jan. 21, 2011
David Tepper Reunites With CNBC And it doesn’t feel quite as good as last time.
By Jessica Pressler
citi of dreams
Jan. 14, 2011
By Jessica Pressler
friends with benefits
Jan. 13, 2011
By Jessica Pressler
Poor Hedge-Fund Managers See Rising Cost of Health Care People at multimillion-dollar firms find higher deductibles “troubling.”
By Jessica Pressler
the enforcer
Jan. 10, 2011
By Jessica Pressler
the revolving door
Jan. 6, 2011
Larry Summers Heads to Bermuda to Hobnob With Hedge Funders Obama’s recently departed economic aide isn’t wasting any time getting back into the swing of things.
By Jessica Pressler
white men with money
Dec. 31, 2010
By Jessica Pressler
the great holiday hedge fund bust
Dec. 29, 2010
Holiday Hedge-Fund Bust Ensnares California Woman Plus, a blind item about a New York hedge-fund founder.
By Mike Vilensky
talking heads
Dec. 2, 2010
John Kinnucan Wouldn’t Sing for Feds, But Now He Won’t Shut Up “If I don’t raise my voice, nobody will, because everyone has gone underground.”
A Little Thing Like a Subpoena Won’t Stop Steve Cohen’s Miami Spending Spree “‘Let me ask you a question,’ he said to a reporter, turning around. ‘Do I have a bull’s-eye on my back?’”
By Mike Vilensky
stool pigeons
Nov. 29, 2010
Wife of SAC Capital Executive Caves to Cops Hedge-fund wife gives up husband; admits wrongdoing.
By Jessica Pressler
the great holiday hedge fund bust
Nov. 29, 2010
Wall Street ‘Hero’ John Kinnucan Explains Himself He might have worn a wire if the Feds had been nicer.
By Jessica Pressler
don chu forget about me
Nov. 24, 2010
First Arrest Made in Fed’s Insider-Trading Sweep Don Ching Trang Chu has been charged with securities fraud.
By Jessica Pressler
swimming with sharks
Nov. 23, 2010
By Jessica Pressler
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