Category: hedge

Bridgewater’s Dalio Warns of a ‘Perfect Storm’ for Economy

GREENWICH, Conn.—Ray Dalio, the billionaire investor who built Bridgewater Associates into one of the world’s biggest hedge funds, said a “perfect storm” is forming that will spread economic pain as the U.S. Federal Reserve raises interest rates. Dalio, who handed over control of the $150 billion firm to a new generation of investors this month,…


Plant a Hedge

A lush garden hedge can create more than a barrier between properties, and it’s a useful way to lower noisy traffic or nearby neighbors. Planting a hedge is an attractive way to muffle sounds and enclose your property while creating a lush backdrop for a bed of flowers. And it might encourage songbirds to take…


Gold Is Outperforming Bitcoin and the Stock Market in the Past 3 Months: What’s the Better Hedge?

In the past three months, investors have grown increasingly concerned about the negative potential impact of elevated inflation levels and rising interest rates in 2022. But while stock prices and cryptocurrency prices have lagged, gold has outshined them both. Golden Performance In the past three months, the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust is up just…


Top Hedge Funds Earn Record $65.4 Billion for Clients in 2021: LCH Data

BOSTON—The world’s 20 best-performing hedge funds earned $65.4 billion for clients in 2021, setting a new record as stock markets marched higher despite rising prices and coronavirus cases, LCH Investments data show. As a group, the most successful managers earned more than one third of the $176 billion that all hedge funds made last year,…