Wall Street Crash of 1929Wall Street Crash of 1929 | 1 Hour VideoQuick Link: Hedge Fund VideosHere is an hour long video no the Wall Street Crash of 1929. If you are viewing this post through my daily hedge fund newsletter please click here now to view this video on my website. Hat tip to Earnings Breakout for first finding it.Related to Wall Street Crash of 1929 | 1 Hour VideoHedge Fund Tracker Tool Millennium PartnersMitsui & Co.Moore Capital Management, LPOch Ziff Capital Management GroupOracle Evolution Oracle Services | Spiro Germenis...

Mark Cuban Insider TradingMark Cuban Insider Trading SEC ChargesLast Friday I wrote a response to a blog post Mark Cuban published on hedge funds here. Today Mark Cuban faced charges of insider trading by the SEC. Apparently he sold shares of Mamma.com after learning of a PIPE transaction to be completed a day before that transaction had been publicly announced. Below please find his initial response followed by the full announcement by the SEC.___________Mark Cuban's Response:I wish I could say more, but I will have to leave it to this, and let the judicial process do its job.November 17, 2008RE: SEC Civil Action in the United States Districtfor the Northern District of Texas, Dallas DivisionMark Cuban today responded to a civil complaint ...

T2 Capital Partners LPT2 Capital Partners LP | Hedge Fund NotesPlease click on the image below to view a report on the top 15 security position of T2 Capital Partners according to their most recent 13F filings with the SEC on November 13th, 2009.Shares mentioned within T2's most recent 13F filing included:Alliancebernstein Holding Lp (AB) Ambassadors International Inc (AMIE) American Express Co (AXP) American Italian Pasta Co (AITP.PK) American Oriental Bioengineering ... (AOB) Anheuser-Busch Cos Inc (BUD) Annaly Capital Management Inc (NLY) Atlas Pipeline Partners Lp (APL) Atp Oil And Gas Corp (ATPG) Barnes And Noble Inc (BKS) Berkshire Hathaway Inc (BRK.A) Borders Group Inc (BGP) Celebrate Express Inc (BDAY) Chesapeake Energy Corp (CHK) Cisco Systems Inc (CSCO) Clearpoint Business Resources Inc (CPBRU) Contango Oil And Gas Co (MCF) Delias Inc (DLIA) Ebay Inc (EBAY) Echostar Corp (SATS) Emc Corpmassachusetts ...

Hedge Funds in 2009Hedge Funds in 2009 | Performance NotesHere is a short article discussing the potential turn towards positive hedge fund performance for 2009. While this may not happen until 2010 or later I believe the article does bring up a few valid points:Hedge funds are under fire these days but they are likely to provide good investment opportunities next year, according to a senior figure in the industry.Mr Christophe Grunig, chief investment officer of Swiss fund Harcourt, told a gathering at Singapore Management University: 'Until the end of the year, it will be difficult. A strong deleveraging process has taken place, and there are redemptions. 'But in the medium term, 2009 could be an excellent year. There are huge trading and investment opportunities.'Mr Grunig said the industry shakeout that is going on will mean less ...

Against RegulationCase Against Hedge Fund RegulationIt was interesting to watch the testimony last week during the congressional hearings, the hedge fund managers were generally open to additional regulation but of course not to the point of disrupting their businesses. It would seem from these talks that some very fine pointed rules and possibly cherry picked capitalization and asset class based regulations may be most appropriate.Virtually everyone who has ever worked in the investment industry is against widespread and rigorous regulation of hedge funds and many hedge funds would cease to exist if they were forced to report all of their trades to the public. Here is a short snipped from a VC blog commenting on the regulation of hedge funds:Regulation is necessary to keep a fair marketplace intact and ...

Hedge Fund Press ReleasesHedge Fund Press Releases | Tracker NotesThis weekend our team took the time to setup 1,000 Hedge Fund Tracker Profiles to track industry developments which impact individuals hedge funds in the industry. These profiles on individual hedge fund managers act as an aggregation of publicly available news and resource within one easy to read source.If you run a hedge fund and would like to ensure your press releases are included within this tool please add us to your press distribution email list or send us links to your 5 most recent press releases or publicly available white papers or articles.Related to Hedge Fund Press Releases | Hedge Fund NotesHedge Fund Tracker Tool Millennium PartnersMitsui & Co....

Fortress Investment GroupFortresss Investment Group | Hedge Fund NotesJust a quick note that we have updated the Fortress Investment Group Hedge Fund Tracker profile. Read the updated profile here: Fortress Investment Group LLCRelated to Fortresss Investment Group | Hedge Fund NotesHedge Fund Tracker Tool Millennium PartnersMitsui & Co.Moore Capital Management, LPOch Ziff Capital Management GroupOracle Evolution Oracle Services | Spiro GermenisOspraie Management LLCPaulson & Co. Hedge Fund | John PaulsonPequot Capital Management Hedge ...

Shah Capital ManagementKynikos Associates | Hedge Fund NotesOur team is still building this specific set of Hedge Fund Tracker Notes.View over 1,000 hedge fund manager bios within our exclusive Hedge Fund Tracker Tool.Related to: Shah Capital Management | Hedge Fund NotesHedge Fund Tracker Tool Millennium PartnersMitsui & Co.Moore Capital Management, LPOch Ziff Capital Management GroupOracle Evolution Oracle Services | Spiro GermenisOspraie Management LLCPaulson & Co. Hedge Fund | John PaulsonPequot Capital Management Hedge FundInvestment BookTags: ...

Reech AIM PartnersReech AIM Partners | Hedge Fund NotesOur team is still building this specific set of Hedge Fund Tracker Notes.View over 1,000 hedge fund manager bios within our exclusive Hedge Fund Tracker Tool.Related to Reech AIM Partners | Hedge Fund NotesHedge Fund Tracker Tool Millennium PartnersMitsui & Co.Moore Capital Management, LPOch Ziff Capital Management GroupOracle Evolution Oracle Services | Spiro GermenisOspraie Management LLCPaulson & Co. Hedge Fund | John PaulsonPequot Capital Management Hedge FundInvestment BookTags: Reech ...

Ospraie Management, LLCOspraie Management - Letter, Holdings, NotesBelow are details on Ospraie Management surrounding the closing of their largest fund - this includes a letter to their investors, a list of the securities they were said to be invested in and more. I think the quote below from Moonraker below explains in simple (maybe too simple) terms what happened to Opraie.The following piece on Ospraie is being published as part of our daily effort to track hedge fund events in the industry. To review other hedge fund related announcements please see our Hedge Fund Tracker Tool._________________________________________________Ospraie Management LLC may be the latest casualty from price swings in natural gas, the commodity responsible for the $1.9 trillion hedge-fund industry's biggest blowup with Amaranth Advisors LLC....