The hedge fund manager thinks the market is not giving the U.K. telecom full credit for its stake in Verizon Wireless, a stake that could ultimately make it an attractive takeover target for its partner in the venture, Verizon.
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The average hedge fund manager has been unable to beat the market for the last 20 months.
They assumed that all hedge fund vehicles would provide absolute returns regardless of market conditions, that they were completely transparent if the fund manager said so, and they would provide liquidity if a redemption was met.
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John Paulson, the hedge fund manager who minted billions by shorting the mortgage market (apparently with the help of Goldman Sachs), was also big-time short on the broker-dealers as early as January 2007.
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The collapse in prices will hurt investors with large gold holdings such as John Paulson, the hedge fund manager who made billions betting against the US housing market during the financial crisis.
Hedge fund manager and perennial China bear Jim Chanos says the real estate market there is Dubai times 1, 000.
Crispin Odey, a major hedge-fund manager based in London, is telling investors that he believes the bull market that began in 2009 has a long way to run.
Crispin Odey, the hedge fund manager who was enviably bearish about financial stocks before last year's market turmoil all but destroyed their market capitalizations, also believes the pound is going to fall, and has short positions on the currency.
Some traders said the market got some help from unexpectedly positive comments on the outlook by hedge-fund manager David Tepper.
Steve Eisman, a hedge-fund manager with a love of comics and a talent for offending people, had witnessed the subprime market blow up in the 1990s and was convinced the same would happen again.
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