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Hedge Funds

  1. the great holiday hedge fund bust
    Man Blows Off Feds, Law & Order Style“We … declined the young gentleman’s gracious offer to wear a wire and therefore ensnare you in their devious web.”
    By Jessica Pressler
  2. FBI Raids Three Hedge-Fund OfficesAnd more could be on the way.
    By Jessica Pressler
  3. trends
    Men Who Like To Body Slam Each Other Also Enjoy Working on Wall Street, Paper FindsThey also like holding sticks.
    By Jessica Pressler
  4. payback
    The Yes Men Would Like You to Try to Arrest John PaulsonYou, the citizens.
    By Jessica Pressler
  5. buying low
    High Time for Wall Street Vultures“If you’re in the market for financial services garbage collection, there’s plenty to do right now.”
    By Avi Zenilman
  6. ballsy crimes
    Rabbi Found Guilty of Trying to Extort Steven CohenMilton Balkany will go to jail.
    By Chris Rovzar
  7. boobernatorial candidates
    Kristin Davis’s Wall Street Background Helped Make Her Who She Is TodayThe madam turned gubernatorial candidate is proud of her hedge-fund past.
    By Jessica Pressler
  8. aw shucks
    Bill Ackman Can’t Help That He’s Awesome and People Want to Get Close to Him“The investing world’s version of Elvis” is simply irresistible.
    By Jessica Pressler
  9. masters of the universe
    Cliff Asness, SuperheroHis special power? Being a gigantic jackass.
    By Jessica Pressler
  10. ballsy crime
    Raj Rajaratnam Seemed ‘Relaxed’ at Pretrial HearingSuspicious.
    By Jessica Pressler
  11. bogus
    Hedge-Fund Executive Explores Other Growth OpportunitiesAn executive at a Connecticut hedge fund is arrested for cultivating a huge amount of pot.
    By Jessica Pressler
  12. suburban malaise
    Greenwich, Connecticut, Kids Still Totally Bored by Local Nightlife“It’s a cougar den.”
    By Mike Vilensky
  13. white men who love orchids
    Steve Eisman’s Outspokenness, Orchid Habit May Have Caused Rift With Morgan StanleyWhen it comes to his own fund, The Big Short’s main character might be a little short-sighted.
    By Jessica Pressler
  14. slatterns
    Connecticut Governor Jodi Rell Gets Her Pity Date With Hedge Funds“It’s nice to be wanted.”
    By Jessica Pressler
  15. hedge funds
    Hedge Fund Tax Changes Cause Indigestion in GreenwichOversize fees may become slightly less oversize.
    By Teri Buhl
  16. feuds
    Shameless Connecticut Invites Hedge Fund Honchos to ‘Intimate Dinner’And anything might happen after dessert!
    By Jessica Pressler
  17. craven slideshows
    Hedge Funds’ Hottest Assets: The Ladies of Investor RelationsMeet the cheerleaders for the math team.
    By Jessica Pressler and Bess Levin
  18. finance fiction
    If We Were Friends With John Paulson, Part XIThe conversation we might have had with billionaire hedge-funder John Paulson over Instant Messenger today, if we were, like, bros.
    By Jessica Pressler
  19. stupid crime of the day
    Hedge-Funder’s Wife Wastes Entire Bottle of Wine by Hitting Husband With ItThese people have no boundaries.
    By Jessica Pressler
  20. beach reading
    Trading Inside Information Was ‘Like an Orgasm’ for Danielle ChiesiA “classic tale of desire and betrayal” from, er, ‘Fortune.’
    By Jessica Pressler
  21. feuds
    Connecticut Flirts With Money Men Right in Front of New YorkOh no she didn’t.
    By Jessica Pressler
  22. p-money
    John Paulson Is Upbeat on the Economy But Is Hoarding Gold Just in CaseJust in case, you know, society collapses.
    By Jessica Pressler
  23. white men with money
    Ray Dalio Will Tell You You’re a Slimy Weasel to Your FaceEven if you are his wife.
    By Jessica Pressler
  24. fi-cri fallout
    All Investors Think They’re Sophisticated Until They Start Losing Money“We were just lambs being led to the slaughter,” investor in CDOs whimpers. Only without the blindfold, or the chain, or anything like that.
    By Jessica Pressler
  25. white men with money
    Today’s Ira Sohn Conference: Who Will Cry?Bill Ackman, or the recipient of David Einhorn’s annual smackdown?
    By Jessica Pressler
  26. white men with money
    Will John Paulson’s Deal With Goldman Sachs Cost Him His Seat on the Board of Spence?“We just simply don’t have a culture of allowing board members with this much controversial publicity in a leadership role.”
    By Teri Buhl
  27. international affairs
    David Einhorn vs. The Wall Street Journal vs. DealbreakerThe devolution of an argument over currency manipulation.
    By Jessica Pressler
  28. Paolo Pellegrini: Duh, of Course ACA Knew We Were Planning to Short AbacusA deposition from the former Paulson and Company employee contradicts the government’s case against Goldman Sachs.
    By Jessica Pressler
  29. book club
    Hedge-Fund Manager/Author Eric Rosenfeld Explains How Magic Farts Can Affect Your Bottom Line“You used the word ‘gross,’ but it’s not gross. It’s beautiful.”
    By Jessica Pressler
  30. love everlasting
    Will Steve Cohen Settle?The billionaire hedge-fund master’s ex-wife upped her demands yesterday, asking for a share of his company. Steve Fishman explains the legal and emotional gambits in play.
    By Steve Fishman
  31. white men with something inside them
    It Took Hedge-Fund Manager Eric Rosenfeld Ten Years to Write a Book About One FartIt’s about farting, and secrets.
    By Jessica Pressler
  32. it’s complicated
    Steve Cohen’s Ex-Wife Is Being Sued by the Lawyer She Hired to Sue HimPatricia Cohen’s legal crusade against her billionaire ex just got more complicated.
    By Jessica Pressler
  33. white men with money
    Hedge-Fund Managers Who Bet on Financial Companies Made Loads of Money Last YearIn the meantime, CEOs of said companies made squat.
    By Jessica Pressler
  34. white men with broken hearts
    Former IBM Executive Gets Misty After Pleading Guilty to Insider TradingBob Moffat was just trying to help out his “friend.”
    By Jessica Pressler
  35. finance fiction
    If We Were Friends With John Paulson, Part XThe conversation we might have had with rock-star hedge-funder John Paulson over Instant Messenger today, if we were, like, bros.
    By Jessica Pressler
  36. real estate
    Hedge Fund Moves In On Stuyvesant TownAppaloosa Management is flexing its muscles during foreclosure.
    By Chris Rovzar
  37. ballsy crime
    Rabbi Accused of Trying to Extort Millions From Mysterious ‘Connecticut Hedge Fund’Hmmm, which one, we wonder?
    By Jessica Pressler
  38. white men with money
    Suit: Staffer’s Hotness Sexually Confounds Falcone Family “If you weren’t so beautiful, you wouldn’t be here.”
    By Chris Rovzar
  39. doing what the part requires
    Forget Oliver Stone: The Good Guy Will Show You the Real Wall StreetWith some kissing scenes with the girl from the ‘Gilmore Girls’ interspersed, obviously.
    By Jessica Pressler
  40. great indignations
    Ex–Wall Street Wife Elyse Slaine Is Not HappyThe former Mrs. David Slaine has been subjected to many indignities.
    By Jessica Pressler
  41. Lisa Falcone Can Buy a Whole New Set of Space Outfits NowPhillip Falcone’s Harbinger partners is up an amazing 46.55 percent.
    By Jessica Pressler
  42. awesome things
    Steve Cohen’s Ex-Wife Drops LawsuitWell, mission accomplished, anyway.
    By Jessica Pressler
  43. ballsy crime
    Raj Rajaratnam’s Insider Trading Was Worse Than Anyone ThoughtWe hope he enjoyed the dwarfs, because the rest of his life is going to suck.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  44. white men with giant brass balls
    David Tepper Is So Rich He Can Afford to Just Throw Money on the Floor “‘Would you pick that up?” he asks his employees.
    By Jessica Pressler
  45. ballsy crime
    Raj Rajaratnam and Danielle Chiesi Plead Not Guilty to Insider TradingBut one of them is guilty, at least, of being sultry in the first degree!
    By Jessica Pressler
  46. ballsy crime
    Rajaratnam’s Brother’s Hedge Fund Was Also Being Investigated by the SECIt’s a family affair!
    By Jessica Pressler
  47. ballsy crime
    Forget Everything You’ve Heard: Raj Rajaratnam Never Traded on Inside InformationThe Galleon founder’s lawyers reject insider-trading charges on the grounds that he was improperly wiretapped.
    By Jessica Pressler
  48. white men with milkshakes
    Hedge-Funder Ken Griffin Has Two IdentitiesTo some, he’s the Man Who Lost $8 Billion. To others, he’s the Man of 1,000 Milkshakes.
    By Jessica Pressler
  49. if we were friends with john paulson
    If We Were Friends With John Paulson, Part VIIIWhat our IM conversation with the billionaire hedge-fund manager would have been like today, if we were like, bros.
    By Jessica Pressler
  50. white men with money
    Citigroup Wants to Relaunch Hedge Fund Unit But Can’t Think of a Good NameWhat if we called it something like Awesome Citi Hedge Fund Group?
    By Zeke Turner
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