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Did hedge funds throw the 2008 election?
15 Jun 2025 20:28 GMT
… collapse. While extremely wealthy hedge fund traders engineered each of … as news of the subprime mortgage crisis began to unfold. … The double whammy of subprime mortgages and soaring oil prices … and monitor the hedge funds and the hedge fund short sellers, some …
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Ex-hedge fund star Richard Perry stages a comeback at 70
18 Mar 2025 02:06 GMT
… a decade after shuttering his hedge fund after losing a fortune trying … windfall betting on the 2008 subprime mortgage crisis and $600 million on … — shortly after her husband’s hedge fund closed.
Perry and his wife …
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Fallen hedge fund star Phil Falcone has parted ways with his final trophy home -- for $14M all-cash
16 Oct 2024 20:25 GMT
… hedge fund star once worth more than $2 billion stemming from his subprime mortgage … and Exchange Commission banned his hedge fund, Harbinger Capital, from operating for …
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Hedge Fund Billionaire Says He'd Pull Money from Market and Go to Gold If Harris Wins
20 Sep 2024 14:06 GMT
Hedge fund billionaire John Paulson said he … billions by betting against the subprime mortgage lending market in 2007.
Paulson …
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Billionaire hedge fund manager says he would pull his money from the market if Harris wins election
17 Sep 2024 23:22 GMT
… "The Claman Countdown."
Hedge fund billionaire and major Trump fundraiser … his lucrative bet against the subprime mortgage in 2007, appeared on FOX … big bet similar to that.
Hedge fund manager John Paulson (Spencer Platt …
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Bill Ackman’s own hedge fund is asking investors to ignore what he says
26 Jul 2024 17:49 GMT
… new closed-end activist hedge fund to investors, Ackman downplayed … insurer MBIA during the subprime mortgage crisis as well as … Ackman’s highly successful hedge fund Pershing Square, LP, … entirely new, separate activist hedge fund that functions similar to …
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Read more - How we went from Bitcoin whitepaper to “paper” Bitcoin
10 Jun 2025 16:43 GMT
… financial solvency. MBS associated with subprime mortgages became the dynamite for the … boom in 2007–2009. Banks, hedge funds, and mortgage lenders saw bankruptcies …
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Hedge funds may soon be banned from owning single-family homes
07 May 2024 20:43 GMT
… estate investment trusts and hedge funds from purchasing single-family … and create a smaller hedge fund," he says. … been victims of the subprime mortgage crisis.
The Obama administration … put greater guardrails on subprime mortgages, putting them under the …
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Meet the Bill To Ban Hedge Funds From Owning Single-Family Homes
28 Mar 2024 18:04 GMT
… estate investment trusts and hedge funds from purchasing single-family … The legislation defines a “hedge fund” as any taxpayer with … been victims of the subprime mortgage crisis.
The Obama … put greater guardrails on subprime mortgages, putting them under …
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Kirk Greene: Wall Street’s Memory Fades as New Financial Products Spark 2008 Flashbacks
07 Jun 2025 01:12 GMT
… center financing.
No more lousy subprime mortgages to package up, but plenty … see the risks of the subprime mortgage debacle before it collapsed, like … like investor Steve Eisman and hedge fund manager Michael Burry who foresaw …