Hedge funds usually like to take advantage of stock-market unrest. Lately, they have helped spread it instead.

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Markets have been volatile this year, with some investors turning to alternative strategies for diversification as those ...

Hedge funds' unwinding comes at a time when leverage in the industry is at a record level. A separate Goldman Sachs note ...

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Hedge funds still have big bets on the market, but they don’t appear to be as bullish as they previously were, according to ...

A hedge fund is a partnership of private investors whose money is pooled and managed by ... Their moves came as the stock market grew increasingly volatile. Uncertainty around tariffs triggered ...

One manager, Steve Cohen's Point72, has a waitlist of $9 billion to get into its funds.

"The economy can turn bad, the stock market can crash, and they're not going to share losses." Sebastian Mallaby, the author of "More Money Than God: Hedge Funds and the Making of the New Elite ...

Hedge funds unwound positions in single stocks on Friday at the largest amount in over two years, with some activity ...