Column-Funds ramp up long dollar, short Treasuries bets: McGeever
By Jamie McGeever ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) – Hedge funds have entered the final quarter of the year doubling down on two of their biggest macro conviction trades – short U.S.…
By Jamie McGeever ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) – Hedge funds have entered the final quarter of the year doubling down on two of their biggest macro conviction trades – short U.S.…
By Jamie McGeever ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) – There’s a large swathe of the investment community convinced that 2023 will be a solid year for U.S. Treasuries as falling inflation and…
By Jamie McGeever ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) – First the record wager on higher U.S. interest rates, now the record wipe out. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) data released on Tuesday…
By Jamie McGeever ORLANDO, Fla. (Reuters) -A key part of the U.S. yield curve is the most inverted in decades and for hedge funds, enough is enough. Commodity Futures Trading…
By Jamie McGeever ORLANDO, Fla. (Reuters) – Hedge funds have started 2023 betting that U.S. interest rates are close to peaking, that the Federal Reserve will keep them higher for…
By Jamie McGeever ORLANDO, Fla. – Evidence is rapidly mounting that Britain’s cost of living crisis is starting to bite, and hedge funds are in prime position to cash in…
By Jamie McGeever ORLANDO, Fla. – It will probably come good one day, but hedge funds’ latest attempt to position for a steeper U.S. yield curve has once again backfired…
By Jamie McGeever ORLANDO, Fla. – Hedge funds bet correctly on the U.S. yield curve flattening after the Fed kicked off its interest rate-raising cycle earlier this month, the first…
By Jamie McGeever ORLANDO, Fla. -Another week, another big win for hedge funds betting on a flatter U.S. yield curve. Futures market data for the week through Feb. 15 show…
By Jamie McGeever ORLANDO, Fla. – Hedge funds look to be on the right side of the seismic moves in Treasuries that have propelled short-dated borrowing costs higher, intensified flattening…