Nov 22

Here’s is a list of largest hedge funds in the world. The largest hedge funds in the world are ranked according to the amount of capital they have in management.

List of Top 10 Largest hedge Funds in The World

  1. Ray Dalios Bridgewater Associates. Under $94 billion in management. World’s biggest hedge fund.
  2. J.P. Morgan Asset Management. $54.2 billion under management.
  3. Man Investments. $40.6 billion.
  4. Paulson & Co. $35.8 billion. Controlled by the famous John Paulson!
  5. Breven Howard. $32 billion. a British-based hedge fund manager that is the largest in Europe. The fund, co-founded by Alan Howard and Jean-Philippe
  6. Soros Fund Management. $27.9 billion. George Soros is no longer at the controls of the day to day operations.
  7. Och-Ziff Capital Management. $27.6 billion. This hedge fund is listed in NYSE.
  8. Black Rock. $25 billion under management
  9. BlueCrest Capital Management – $24.5 billion.
  10. Angelo, Gordon, & Co – $23.6 billion.

Note . Hedge funds move up and down. A Hedge fund may be on the list now but may drop tomorrow due to bad performance.

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Mar 03

An interesting list for 2011 is the ranking of top ten hedge funds manager. It is a list of largest generator of profits for investors among hedge funds. The ranking calculates how much profits a hedge fund manager has generated since he opened for business.

This is the list of top ten hedge fund managers as December 2010.

1. George Soros – $35.2 billion

2. John Paulson – $32.2 billion

3. Ray Dalio’s of Bridgewater Pure Alpha -$22 billion

4. Seth Klarman of Baupost Group’s – $15.6 billion

5. David Tepper of Appaloosa – $14.5 billion

6. Bruce Kovner’s of Caxton – $13.1 billion.

7. Moore Capital Management Partners – $13 billion

8. Brevan Howard Fund – $12.5 billion

9. Farallon Capital – $12.2 billion.

10. Ed Lampert’s ESL Partners – $12 billion

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Feb 24

According to the most recent filing of Billionaire hedgde fund manager, John Paulson own investment firm, Paulson & Co. Inc. The following were John Paulson portfolio holding for 2010.

John Paulson Top Five Portfolio holdings

John Paulson Gold Holdings

SPDR Gold Trust

Anglogold Ashanti Ltd.

Mr. Paulson invested heavily in gold on the belief that the dollar would lose value in the coming years. His gold investments are primarily done via a gold exchange-traded fund, SPDR Gold Shares.

John Paulson Stock Portfolio Holdings

Citigroup

Bank of America

Anadarko Petroleum

That bet on bank stocks was perfectly timed to take advantage of the massive fiscal stimulus.

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Feb 24

Billionaire hedge fund manager John Paulson will forever be remembered for $4 billions he made in 2007. When the housing market was burning the money manager was making billions.

The latest news is John Paulson did it again by earning an estimated $5 billion in 2010 thanks mainly to bets the economy would recover. This is better than the $4 billion haul made off the subprime bet.

How John Paulson Makes Money

John Paulson runs his own hedge fund investment firm, Paulson & Co. Inc. (PCI). It is an employee owned hedge fund sponsor, primarily providing services to pooled investment vehicles. He is earns money through commissions on funds under management plus a share of profits.

John Paulson Investing Strategy

The firm manages separate client-focused portfolios, employing merger arbitrage, long/short, and event-driven strategy to make its investments. Paulson & Co. Inc. utilizes fundamental analysis to make its investments, benchmarking the performance of its investments against the S&P 500 Index.

John Paulson Investment Philosophy

In a Wallstreet Journal interview this is how he summarizes his investment philosophy: “The flexibility of having long and short exposure across the capital structure allows us to optimize performance across market cycles. Our goals are capital preservation, above average returns over the long term, and low correlation to the markets.” As the market recovers from its shortfalls of the past years, Paulson is betting on strong economic growth in the recovery: “it is time to be in the stock market,” he says, and that now is not the time “to be under-invested”.

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Aug 30

Thomas Kaplan, a billionaire investor has been profiled in the latest issue of Business week magazine. He is also the Chairman of Tigris Financial Group

Thomas Kaplan gold forecast

Kaplan says the big rally is still to come. It’s not riots in the streets he envisions, but a more fundamental case of demand outstripping supply as gold becomes a currency in its own right.

Gold Stocks he is holding

Thomas has invested in in Vancouver-based mining company NovaGold Resources. Other investors in this mining operationg include George Soros & John Paulson.

Best Thomas Kaplan quote

“People view gold as emotional, but when they demythologize it, when they look at it for what it is and the opportunity it represents, they’re going to say, ‘We really should own some of that.’ The question will then change to ‘Where do we get the gold?’ “

Source Businessweek Gold Evangelist

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Aug 29

Novagold resources is a Vancouver based mining company. The interesting thing about this mining company is the heavy hitters who have bet their money in it.

According to an article in businessweek. Some of the famous billionaire commodity investors who have invested their money in it are, George Soros, John Paulson and  Thomas Kaplan.

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Dec 02

John Paulson famously made a cool US 3.5 billion in 2007. He was among the few who had seen the housing boom was built on sand and bet against it.

How did he see it.

In a Wall street journal interview, I found this Paulson quote

“Where is the bubble we can short?” He was asking his staff. They found it in housing.

I think that is the one example on how to make money. Find a bubble and short it!

In the same interview Paulson gave a vague assessment of the market

He’s also betting against other parts of the economy, such as credit-card and auto loans. He tells investors “it’s still not too late” to bet on economic troubles.

Not to fast that was way back in January 2008.

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