Hedge Funds

Hedge Funds: Lone Pine Hits the Jackpot

200% Gain on Afterpay Investment.  United States-based hedge fund Lone Pine Capital has hit a $56 million jackpot in profits on Afterpay.  This firm made returns of over 200 percent on a $27 million investment in Afterpay shares.  Its total proceeds exceeded $80 million in just a few months.  Its investments were scattered across four …

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Sender’s Hedge Fund Sees Sharp Gains Amid Unprecedented Robinhood Stock Trading

Sender Company & Partners Up 30% YTD.  Hedge fund Sender Company & Partners has seen a 30 percent net gain in 2020 following a series of bets on stocks that are popular on the Robinhood trading platform.  Hertz, Tesla and Nio were among those driving skyrocketing returns. Sender is among a group of institutional investors …

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Hedge Funds: Bitcoin In Play as Funds Dive Back In

Crypto Hedge Funds Move In On Bitcoin.  Bitcoin fell by 50 percent in cryptocurrency’s price in March, but subsequently rose back up to trade at $11,200.  Investors should caution as this trend could lead to another major slump — most notably like the 2017 80 percent Bitcoin slump.  Especially with the uncertainty of COVID-19, investors …

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Hedge Funds: Boaz Weinstein’s Saba Capital Up 90%  

Saba Projects Continuing Gains   Hedge fund industry observers are buzzing of Saba Capital Management’s purported sharp gains, in addition to the firm’s projections of seeing additional returns of this caliber in the months ahead. Boaz Weinstein, founder of Saba, shares that “Markets are at an unstable place right now. I look out at the next …

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Hedge Funds Meet Real Estate: A Texas Case Study

Hayman Capital in Focus.  Hedge fund investor Kyle Bass recently bought, among other real estate, the downtown Dallas Statler hotel.  He purchased a 50 percent stake in four real estate properties and a minority stake in the Statler hotel.  In addition to the Statler, he purchased a stake in the Entrada development and the Central …

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