Trimming the Hedges

It is my firm belief that major hedge funds will collapse, bringing about a Savings and Loan/long term capital management (LTCM)/Enron-style collapse in the financial markets. This is a raw-materials blog for making sense of the mess after it happens. Update: With the U.S. government debating on a $700 million bailout for the economy, this crisis has surpassed my wildest expectations, so my new prediction is that the U.S. will default on its loans for the first time in history. [09/24/2008]

Wednesday, August 1, 2007

Sowood fund Assets Gobbled Up by Citadel

The assets of the Sowood fund, which recently lost over $3 billion
as reported in Reuters, was gobbled up by Citadel, which also grabbed
Amaranth's assets. With hedge funds, it is a matter of time and liquidity before
they make or lose money. The article goes on to say that Ken Griffin,
the manager, can wait out the bad calls and ultimately make money
on the positions. If hedge fund managers weren't so impatient, they
would eventually make money on all their positions as long-term
investors. But not everyone is as patient as Warren Buffet.