Rising Treasury Yields Meet Record Leverage, Testing Market Stability
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Rising Treasury Yields Meet Record Leverage, Testing Market Stability

Thirty-year Treasury yields above 5.2%, record margin debt and a $3tn AI selloff are combining into an early-warning sig...

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Egypt's FRA Opens Door to Hedge Funds, Betting on Liquidity and Foreign Capital
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Egypt's FRA Opens Door to Hedge Funds, Betting on Liquidity and Foreign Capital

The Egyptian Financial Regulatory Authority has issued the regulatory framework for hedge funds, enabling asset managers...

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How an AI 'Nostradamus' Crashed a $45bn Hedge Fund — and the Three Classic Mistakes That Undid Him
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How an AI 'Nostradamus' Crashed a $45bn Hedge Fund — and the Three Classic Mistakes That Undid Him

Leopold Aschenbrenner, the Columbia prodigy whose Situational Awareness fund rode the AI boom to 1,000% returns, saw a m...

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Former OpenAI Researcher’s AI Hedge Fund Implodes; Citadel Takes Over Portfolio
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Former OpenAI Researcher’s AI Hedge Fund Implodes; Citadel Takes Over Portfolio

Leopold Aschenbrenner’s Situational Awareness LP collapsed under concentrated AI bets and margin calls after a July AI s...

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Citadel Rescues AI Hedge Fund Situational Awareness After 36-Hour Margin Crisis
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Citadel Rescues AI Hedge Fund Situational Awareness After 36-Hour Margin Crisis

Leopold Aschenbrenner’s heavily leveraged fund faced a liquidity crunch as AI stocks tumbled. An emergency auction gave ...

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Aschenbrenner's Situational Awareness Hedge Fund Sells Public Portfolio to Citadel After Steep AI Infrastructure Losses
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Aschenbrenner's Situational Awareness Hedge Fund Sells Public Portfolio to Citadel After Steep AI Infrastructure Losses

Leopold Aschenbrenner's AI-focused fund was forced to unwind leveraged public equity positions after holdings like SK Hy...

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Hedge Funds Boost Short Bets on US Critical Minerals Miners Amid China Dominance
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Hedge Funds Boost Short Bets on US Critical Minerals Miners Amid China Dominance

Short interest surges in key US critical minerals and rare earth stocks as investors question whether government support...

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Senior Base Metals Traders Jump Ship as Battle for Talent Intensifies
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Senior Base Metals Traders Jump Ship as Battle for Talent Intensifies

A wave of departures at Bank of America, JPMorgan, and Morgan Stanley highlights a fierce scramble for base metals exper...

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BofA Clients Buy Equities for Third Straight Week Despite Market Dip
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BofA Clients Buy Equities for Third Straight Week Despite Market Dip

Retail investors led buying while hedge funds sold single stocks, and small-cap flows hit a record four-week average.

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