Michael Burry Dumps Entire GameStop Position
For all those in my comment section: MICHAEL BURRY SELLS ALL HIS $GME GAMESTOP STOCK
Systemic Long Bias at +3 Z‑Score Signals Potential Sell‑off
While near-term supportive, systematic positioning is highly skewed to the downside. Systematic Positioning Index Z-score: approximately +3. Above the +2 sigma extreme-long threshold. If momentum stalls and rolls over, the algos could create a strong selling waterfall.
Even Druckenmiller Doubts His Short‑selling Profits
Stanley Druckenmiller isn’t sure if he’s actually made money over his career short-selling. Showing that the bear side isn’t easy. https://t.co/kRlZIYKEZ1
Borrow Rates Reveal Alpha Across Shipping, Energy, Semis
OUT NOW - super quanty interview from ~5B manager on use of good analyst // tracking borrow rate for alpha, and what that indicates about shipping/energy/semis & countries / single stocks ELITE charts. Apple https://t.co/md3zbwfGS9 Spotify https://t.co/CEuLMJIZ6g 1/2 https://t.co/vYlvmVzmCV
Polen Capital Q1 Down
Polen Capital Focus Fund is down -17% in Q1 Buys: $LRCX, $META, $ROL Sold: $ABT, $ADBE, $BSX, $PAYC, $INTU Added to: $CSGP, $SHOP, $NOW Trimmed: $AMZN
From Tiger Cub Tech Bets to Largest Female‑Led Hedge Fund
She went from running a Tiger Cub’s tech bets to building the largest hedge fund ever run by a woman — here’s her story.
Marks Reveals Hidden $10 Bill, Switches on AI
Howard Marks runs Oaktree, a $120 billion+ firm built on distressed debt, has been writing the memos Warren Buffett opens first for over thirty years, and just changed his mind on AI after a single conversation with Claude — we...
Overweight PSH to Boost EPS via Fee Cuts
Macro: fee-conscious markets. Key: PSH cuts performance fees by offsetting 20% of PSUS manager fees after $5bn IPO. Risk: IPO closing/AUM growth. Insight: overweight PSH for fee-driven EPS lift.— Viktor Kopylov, PhD, CFA More insights: t.me/si14Kopylov
Managed Futures Boosted Our Model Alpha This Year
Two words that have really added some alpha to our models this year Managed Futures
Short Equity Puts Halve in Value, Risk Further Loss
My max short equity puts which expire in June and September which I paid 4% of AUM are now worth 2% of AUM. This position alone is down 2% of AUM. Whatcha gonna do. 2% further loss...
Blue Owl Fundraising Splits: Institutions Rise, Private Wealth Falls
Look at the divergence in Blue Owl Fundraising $OWL: Institutional up, private wealth down https://t.co/xUIMrqM2Lw
Hedge Funds Attract Record $90B Inflows Since 2007
Hedge funds just recorded the biggest two-quarter inflows since **2007**, drawing around $90 billion. Assets in hfs are at a record now--HFR, JPM
Energy‑Transition Hedge Fund Gains 39% by Ignoring Trump
A hedge fund manager focused on navigating the energy transition has generated a 39% return so far this year, after adopting a policy of ignoring Trump’s signals on the Iran war https://t.co/R5kv2CsNBq
Ackman's Fund Plummets 16% Despite Social Media Hype
Schadenfreude. Shares in Bill Ackman’s new stock-picking fund opened down 16% in their trading debut Wednesday after he struggled to harness his social-media following to attract everyday investors https://t.co/97T5ckkaAV
Ackman Possibly Forfeits $10B by Favoring CEFs
How much money is Ackman leaving on table by doing CEF vs ETF. Prob $10b at least. But tbf CEF may just be what he’s more comfortable w for his strategy. Still tho, if reaching investors is goal this prob...
Partial Short-Cover Initiated in Today’s Tactical Update
(PREMIUM) "Tactical Update: April 29, 2026 - Dust up..." First move today is a (partial) short-cover - via The Lyons Share https://t.co/FjyJMVoZD7 https://t.co/aJA1YVsFyf
Aschenbrenner’s AI‑Era Fund Boosts Bloom Energy 13‑fold
Aschenbrenner is the top fund manager of the AI Era (KISS). Bloom energy now a 13X since he got involved. $BE https://t.co/RJrhSug8xs
Wealth and Firms Flee NY for Miami and Texas
UHNW, Hedge and PE funds go to South Florida (mostly miami) Corporates to Texas Till at some point NY realizes its lost the plot
Winning Edge: Embrace Alternative, Short‑Term Strategies
“We stayed ahead of the pack by finding other approaches… shorter-term approaches to some extent.” — Jim Simons https://t.co/N2FMsDSoAi
Starboard Value Acquires Major Stake in Dynatrace
Scoop: Activist investor Starboard Value has taken a significant stake in AI-software maker Dynatrace. $DT https://t.co/DweAPubgxO
Berkshire’s Cash Cushion Fuels Massive AI Gamble
Totally random thought the Koala was discussing yesterday with @milken_cookies was on the Berkshire $BRK.A $BRK.B cash pile If Greg Abel threw $100 billion into Anthropic at $900 billion on a "maybe AI devours the white collar world, maybe it doesn't,...
Collaboration Beats Competition for Hedge Fund Survival
Less than two years after launching his multistrategy hedge fund, industry veteran Bobby Jain has concluded that collaboration — not competition — is his best shot at survival in a world already owned by the likes of Millennium Management and...
Tiger Alum Beats Tech Hype with Classic Industries
This Tiger Management alumnus never chased technology stocks. He made his name in airlines, timber, oil — and old economy bets most managers ignored.
System
CTAs are done. They flipped from max short to max long and exhausted their flow. Vol-control funds are just starting - and they manage 3x the capital. The real systematic bid is only beginning. BUTT - we need realized vol to...
Vol‑control Funds Auto‑buy as Volatility Falls, Fueling Rally
Update on mechanical buying: Also reminder: Vol-control funds, as long as realized vol continues to drop, can continue to auto buy & fuel this rally. Even if Iran War escalates, or a MAG5 name reporting this week disappoints, etc. That’s why I track...
Small Caps Remain Only Safe Haven for Fundamentalists
Ricky Sandler on closing his fund 👇 I guess small caps are the only safe haven for fundamentalists. Or so we hope... https://t.co/MOkIZVNNQs
AI Hedge Funds Offer Trend Factor, Not True Edge
The bull case for AI hedge funds is they will tap into a trending factor that works, that shows some outperformance relative to the index That’s the easier game to play as well. “Pure factor constrained alpha shop” across many...
Andurand's 52% April Loss Highlights Ceasefire Risk
*ANDURAND LOST 52% IN APRIL FIRST HALF AS CEASEFIRE HURT OIL BET Are people paying 20% performance for Pierre Andurand to be max levered long oil always? It seems like it
AI Enables Tiny Teams to Match Hedge Fund Alpha
These tools will be interesting to watch With AI, fundamental can get a quant back office and, with some of these tools, quant can get a fundamental front end. If you walk the halls of a large hedge fund today, you will...
Hedge Funds Triple ETF Use to $300B, Now Frenemies
Hedge funds have tripled their usage of ETFs in the past 3yrs to $300b or 9% of reported 13F assets. They use them for a variety of purposes (incl shorts) but also compete w them = frenemies. Nice look at...
CTAs Flood S&P with $8B Daily, $50B by Month‑End
Price-agnostic CTAs are now strong buyers of the S&P 500 and pump $8 bln /day into the market. Until the end of the month, the total increase in S&P exposure could reach $50 bln. There is currently no scenario, where...
Druckenmiller Vows No China Investments Under Current Leader
Stanley Druckenmiller on investing in China: "We exited China in 2018. We haven’t made a single trade in security there other than their currency once in a while. I will never invest in China as long as the current leader...
JOJO Fund Survives Tough Market, Signal Still Works
I've spent years building $JOJO through a market that punished every bond strategy on the planet. The fund is still here. The signal still works. I'm asking you to look at it. @leadlagreport https://t.co/Yf5AlkpIwg
Dan Loeb Dumps CSGP, Citing Reckless CEO Spending
Dan Loeb sells out of $CSGP "CEO Andy Florance has continued what can only be seen as a reckless drain on a majority of the company's operating income into Homes,com and related acquisitions even as the share price has continued to...
Hedge Funds Beat Market Using Time-Series Momentum
A 23-page research paper reveals the number 1 method Hedge Funds use to beat the market: Time Series Momentum This is how: 🧵
Ex‑Trader Turns $20M Bonus Into Top Hedge Fund
Who left a $20M oil trading bonus behind to launch one of the top-performing energy and commodities hedge funds in the world?
Funds Dump Brent as US‑Iran Talks Spur Price Dip Expectations
Brent sees fund sales as diplomacy intensifies Investors realised profits from bullish long positions and started to accumulate bearish short ones last week, anticipating a further fall in Brent prices as the United States and Iran conducted face-to-face talks to find...
Success Comes From Trading When Others Stay Silent
Howard Marks built one of the greatest track records in investing history. Not because he was smarter. Because he was lonelier. When Oaktree bought distressed debt nobody wanted, it wasn't genius, it was distance. From the crowd. From the narrative. From the...
Hedge Funds Lose New Hires to ‘Gazumping’ During Gardening Leave
BIG TAKE: The hedge fund talent war has a new name: gazumping. Trader accepts a job, the firm waits months for them to finish their gardening leave and then a rival swoops in and poaches them before they ever...
Tech Cuts Tiger-Cub Teams From 100 to 15
In the 1995-2010 era, it took a lot of bodies to run a scaled Tiger-Cub strategy. 100+ headcount was common across research, back office & trading (starting in '08, I was one of a large research team) Largely due to technology,...
Goldman Exec Says Market Demands Proof Before Moving
JUST IN: The market now requires solid proof before moving, as a Goldman hedge fund executive shares his trade strategy during the ongoing turmoil.
Modeling Prices Sparked Quantitative Revolution Behind Medallion
“There must be a way to model the price. There must be a way to model the movement of stocks." — Jim Simons Simons reportedly said this to his partner, Jim Ax, during the early days of Monemetrics (the precursor to...
Goldman Predicts $70B CTA Buying, Foreshadows Market Rally
Stunning chart and comments from GS: - CTAs bought more than $86Bn in global equities over the past five sessions — one of the biggest buying sprees on record. - *My notes*: remember GS’ trading desk *projected* this would happen, one week...
Record Treasury Leverage Threatens Global Fixed‑Income Stability
Hedge Fund Leverage in Treasuries at Record Highs. Torsten at Apollo ...any forced unwinding of these leveraged positions could send shockwaves through global fixed-income markets. https://t.co/vtq5KWmWLE
Dubai Offers Hedge Funds Flexibility Amid Iran War
Dubai is moving quickly to give hedge funds flexibility to navigate Iran war-related disruptions. An open-for-biz approach, alongside tax advantages and access to capital, had lured hedge funds to Dubai and neighboring Abu Dhabi in the first place. https://t.co/m9DiSMStwP
Ex‑Druckenmiller Insider Reveals Hedge Funds’ Early AI Edge
Really cool episode. Jan spent many years directly working for Stan Druckenmiller before starting his AI software reflexivity long before anyone knew what chatGPT was. He has a very unique line of sight into how some of the best hedge funds...
Portfolio Shifts to Cash, Short US Equities, and Put Spreads
On the close. Raised cash in Beta by 10% of AUM trimming commodities, gold, and US and ROW Equities. Up to 30% Cash. In Alpha went max short US Equities. Two and Six Month Put Spreads totaling 4%...
March Sees Mixed Fund Performance, Many Losses
More evidence of a tough March: --Moore Offshoot JJJ: lost 11% --Guo Feng’s Symmetry lost 2.6% --Greg Coffey’s Kirkoswald joined Rokos: + 0.23%, bringing returns for the first quarter to 11%,. Others: -Blackrock STA: +1.2%/+4.2% and D1 Stock Book: -6%/+2.7 (March/YTD) https://t.co/X8Ifaxd1Yi
April 14 Tactical Update: New Portfolio Tweaks Unveiled
(PREMIUM) "Tactical Update: April 14, 2026 - All The Trimmings..." Tuesday A.M. portfolio tweaks... via The Lyons Share https://t.co/imbOEcrTTV https://t.co/cMdMjNVjrm
Hedge Funds Bet Heavily on Oversupplied Grains
Hedge Funds Are Long on Oversupplied Grains Hedge funds are at their most net long in about three years despite an oversupplied grain bear market after the Iran-war bounce. My graphic highlights the potential oxymoron: managed-money net longs in corn, soybeans...