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COMMODITIES

Crude Inventories Fall, Oil Prices Going Back Up

COMMODITIES Look OPEC and leading oil producers to cut crude production to stabilize the market. Oil prices have risen by ...
MARKETS

Wall Street Preparing Today for Late Week Rally

MARKETS With the Federal Reserve chair’s speech at the Fed’s conference in Wyoming on Friday Hedge funds are betting that ...
HEDGE FUNDS

Hedges Seek Haven in Big Tech, Top 10 Holdings Jumped to 70%

HEDGE FUNDS Hedge funds increased tech and consumer holdings, while cutting energy and materials positions. The average weightings of top ...
MARKETS

Hedge Funds 3X Bet on More Hawkish Fed Rate Hikes

MARKETS Hedge funds are betting that the Federal Reserve will continue to discuss aggressive hikes at Jackson Hole discussion this ...
MARKETS

Volatile Week Ahead but Headlines Can Be Misleading

MARKETS S&P 500 headed for worst day in nearly 2 months as  the Market is looking for a change in ...
INVESTOR SERIES

Riding Out the Bear Market Cycle and Winning the Race

INVESTOR SERIES A bear market is defined as a 20% drop from recent highs and it refers to the S&P ...
FACTS

Hedge Funds Protect Investors from Market Volatility

FACTS On average, hedge funds contribute more to stock market efficiency than most other institutional investors such as mutual funds, ...
News

Occidental Petroleum (OXY) Performance Upside, Gains Overweight

Sector Notable performance: Occidental Petroleum has been the best-performing stock in the S&P 500 in 2022 with gains to more ...
MARKETS

Inflation Peaked, Traders Pricing in a Half-Point Rate Increase in September

MARKETS The Federal Reserve will no longer need to raise interest rates as aggressively as most government reports indicate little ...
News

Bank Stocks, Recently Outperforming S&P 500 Index

SECTOR TRENDS For the past 45 days, five of the largest U.S. banks have outperformed the S&P 500’s 13% gain. ...
INDUSTRY REPORT SERIES

US Existing Home Sales at 26-Month Low

INDUSTRY REPORT SERIES Existing home sales in the US declined 5.9% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.81 million ...
GOVERNMENT REPORT SERIES

US Jobless Claims Decrease, Lower than Forecast

GOVERNMENT REPORT SERIES In the week ending August 13, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 250,000, a ...