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☆ Millions of people are traveling to see the total eclipse. Hotels, motels, and skydiving operators are making bank on it.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-08 | by ( Shubhangi Goel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

AdvertisementAs millions of Americans get ready to watch the total solar eclipse on Monday — an event NASA has described as rare and "spectacular" — the phenomenon stands to lift local economies. According to NASA, this year's eclipse is set to last three to four minutes, longer than the last solar eclipse, in 2017. Former President Donald Trump looked up at the solar eclipse without glasses during the last eclipse. The glasses sold for $1.50 to $2 apiece. "We've shipped already about 70 million glasses, and I suspect I'm going to approach right at 75 million by the time next week comes," Jerit said.

Persons: —, Donald Trump, John Jerit, We've, Jerit, Jason Berger Organizations: Service, NASA, Perryman Group, New York Times, Marriott, The Washington, Getty, Optics, NPR, Fox News Locations: Texas, New York, Texas , Ohio, Grayville , Illinois, Dallas

It will be the last total solar eclipse visible in the contiguous U.S. until 2044. When Is the Total Solar Eclipse? What Time Will the Total Solar Eclipse Begin and How Long Will It Last? The total solar eclipse provides an opportunity to study the sun’s corona, or the outermost part of its atmosphere. Is the Total Solar Eclipse Expected to Boost the Economy?

Persons: Bill Nelson, They've, ”, Pam Melroy, “, ” Melroy, Melroy Organizations: NASA, roosters, Eclipse, ” NASA, American Astronomical Society, Perryman Locations: North America, U.S, Mexico, Canada, Newfoundland, Tennessee, Michigan, Texas

☆ Stocks trade near records, but chances are your portfolio isn’t sufficiently protected from a fall
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-26 | by ( Darla Mercado | Cfp | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

For instance, the iShares MBS ETF (MBB) has a net expense ratio of 0.04% and a year-to-date total return of -1.24%. Vanguard's MBS ETF (VMBS) also carries an expense ratio of 0.04% and a total return of -1.08% in 2024. Stocks in developed markets have had the closest correlation with U.S. equities, while emerging markets equities are less correlated, the research firm found. ETFs that play on that theme include the Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF (VWO) , which has an expense ratio of 0.08%, and the iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (IEMG) , with an expense ratio of 0.09%. VWO has a year-to-date total return of 1.33%, while IEMG's total return for the period is 1.6%.

Persons: Charles NeSmith, Morningstar, Andrew Herzog, Herzog, Cash, Amy Arnott, There's, NeSmith, VWO Organizations: Nasdaq, Communications, Financial, Mortgage, Investors, MBS, Morningstar, Commodities, Vanguard FTSE, Markets Locations: Plantation , Florida, Plano , Texas, U.S

☆ February was a banner month for some of the industry's biggest trend-following funds
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-14 | by ( Bradley Saacks | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

These trend-following funds use futures contracts to track market momentum. The strategy type on average lost money in 2023, according to BarclayHedge. The trend-following strategy subset, which uses futures contracts to ride market momentum, lost money on average in 2023, according to BarclayHedge, but had a big month in February. The average CTA made 1.9% last month, the industry data provider notes, but several big-name managers blew that figure out of the water. AQR, run by billionaire Cliff Asness, made 7.9% in its $1.5 billion Managed Futures strategy, according to the firm's website.

Persons: Cliff Asness Organizations: CTA, Man, Business Locations: AQR, Connecticut

☆ An old hedge-fund strategy is taking off again. Why hedge funds from multi-strats to new launches are ramping up their alpha capture efforts.
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-07 | by ( Bradley Saacks | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Alpha capture strategies take inputs from sources like human traders, market data, sell-side research, and more and then use a systematic process to create a portfolio that is efficiently sized and hedged. CenterBook uses trading data from dozens of external firms to create its portfolios, while Norias will create its book off the ideas of its fundamental analysts. Meanwhile, Man Group is building out an alpha capture team within its AHL unit's special strategies team, a recent job posting states, and Squarepoint is doubling its team, finding external managers for its buy-side alpha capture program. "It is a way for them to increase their capacity and take in more assets," said Kevin Lyons, senior investment manager at Abrdn, about the largest platforms growing their internal alpha capture capabilities. AdvertisementThe alpha capture OGIt can all be tied back to the success of the original mainstream alpha capture strategy: Marshall Wace's TOPS, which stands for Trade Optimized Portfolio System.

Persons: —, Marshall Wace, Doug Haynes, Norias, Basil Qunibi, Squarepoint quant Warren Touwen, Merrill Lynch, Squarepoint, Touwen, Kevin Lyons, Marshall, Anthony Clarke, Cameron Hight, Hight, it's, headhunter Organizations: Service, Business, CenterBook Partners, Research, Investors, AHL, TOPS Locations: Austin, Abrdn, London

☆ Top tech stocks don't look 'wildly expensive' by any means at all, says Man Group's Ed Cole
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-06 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailTop tech stocks don't look 'wildly expensive' by any means at all, says Man Group's Ed ColeEd Cole, Man Group head of multi-strategy equities, joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss the latest market trends, the Fed's interest rate outlook, where he's finding value in the stock market, and more.

Persons: Ed Cole Ed Cole Organizations: Man

☆ European markets head for higher open ahead of key inflation reports from the U.S. and Europe
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-29 | by ( Holly Ellyatt | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

European markets are heading for a higher open Thursday as investors look ahead to key inflation reports in both the U.S. and Europe. Stateside, personal consumption expenditures price index data (the U.S. Federal Reserve's preferred measure of inflation) for January is due, and will be watched closely to see how it could affect the Fed's interest rate path. German, Spanish and French inflation data for February is also set to be released in Europe. It's a busy day for regional earnings, with AF-KLM, Veolia, Adecco Group, EDP, IAG, Ocado, ITV, Man Group, Schroders, Covestro and Anheuser-Busch InBev all reporting. U.S. stock futures fell overnight as Wall Street weighed the latest earnings results and looked ahead to the Federal Reserve's favored inflation gauge.

Persons: U.S . Federal Reserve's, It's Organizations: U.S, U.S . Federal, AF, KLM, Veolia, Adecco, ITV, Man, Anheuser, Busch InBev, Federal Locations: Europe, U.S ., Ocado, Asia, Pacific

☆ Inside the rocky marriage of hedge funds and top AI talent
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-27 | by ( Bianca Chan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

AI researchers have struggled with hedge funds' culture around proprietary secrets, which goes against the open-source philosophy foundational to AI and academia. Some recruiters, including Michael Stover, are seeing double- and triple-digit growth in AI hiring among hedge funds and prop-trading firms. For heads of AI, he said, hedge funds are dishing out a minimum of $1.5 million in total comp. But perhaps the top reason hedge funds are interested in the technology is that AI capabilities are bait in the war for investing talent. It's one of the few large US hedge funds without an executive or centralized team dedicated to AI or machine learning.

Persons: Ken Griffin's Citadel, Li Deng, Deng, Ken, Ken Griffin, Michael Stover, Stover, ExodusPoint, Balyasny, Agni Ghosh, Stott, isn't, Sumeet Chabria, Conor Twomey, Tim Mace, Mace, May's Ghosh, it's, They're, Peter Finter, Finter, That's, Ghosh, you've Organizations: Microsoft, Business, Citadel, Milken Institute, Reuters, Millennium Management, Bloomberg, Balyasny Asset Management, Man, Bank of America, Wall, Wall Street, Tech, Google Locations: Chicago, Seattle, Beverly Hills , California, London, San Francisco, Silicon Valley, Wall

☆ A mom with $50,000 in student debt 'can't break free' from her ex-husband because she's still stuck paying off his loan balance
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-19 | by ( Ayelet Sheffey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Chrystal Copeland, 46, is stuck paying off her ex-husband's student loans. While a law passed to allow the separation of spousal balances, it'll take time to implement. But their student loans are keeping them together. "The only thing that is still holding me in this cycle of abuse is these student loans. She now has about $50,000 in student debt, according to documents reviewed by Business Insider, and she's facing payments of about $500 a month.

Persons: Chrystal Copeland, Copeland, —, that's, I'm, Sen, Mark Warner, David Price, Joe Biden, she's, she'll, hasn't, I've Organizations: Service, Business, Education Department, Federal, Public, Aid, Federal Student Aid, Group Locations: —

☆ The big business of the Super Bowl, from competing advertisers to the ultrawealthy networking
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-09 | by ( Dan Defrancesco | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

In today's big story, we're looking at the big business of the Super Bowl, from advertisers to the ultraweal thy . Developing and filming a Super Bowl ad typically runs 50% to 60% more than a regular one. AdvertisementFor some first-time Super Bowl advertisers, the commercial is a jumping-off point for a bigger campaign, writes BI’s Lauren Johnson. The Super Bowl is also a calendar staple for the ultrawealthy, writes BI’s Madeline Berg. A record 68 million Americans are projected to bet $23.1 billion on the Super Bowl, according to the American Gaming Association.

Persons: —, Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce, Patrick Smith, Emily Stewart, that’s, Ryan Joe, Lara O’Reilly, Ryan, BI’s Lauren Johnson, RYU, BI’s Madeline Berg, Elon Musk, Rupert Murdoch —, VistaJet, BI’s Taylor Rains, Grace Kay, it’s, BI’s Juliana Kaplan, Cork Gaines, Usher, David Rosenberg, Quants, Getty, David Butow Here’s, Tesla, Sissie Hsiao, Bard, Gemini, Uber, Dara Khosrowshahi, Lucas Jackson, Dan DeFrancesco, Hallam Bullock, Jordan Parker Erb, George Glover Organizations: Business, Service, ign, Super, Elon, Private, American Gaming Association, San Francisco 49ers, Kansas City Chiefs, Renaissance Technologies, Man, AHL, UBS, Google, Reuters, Merchants, Conference, PepsiCo Locations: Sun Valley, YOLO, New York, London

☆ Qube and Renaissance have started 2024 with a bang. Here's how quant funds did in January.
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-08 | by ( Bradley Saacks | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

Quant funds, including Qube and Renaissance Technologies, have started strong in 2024. Under-the-radar Qube Research and Technologies started its encore to its stellar 2023. The largest fund at the $14 billion quant manager was up roughly 10% in January, sources familiar told Business Insider. The London-based manager run by CEO Pierre-Yves Morlat and CIO Laurent Laizet led the way in what was generally a strong month for quant funds. According to Hedge Fund Research, the average systematic fund betting on equities made 1.8% in January, besting the S&P 500 and the average hedge fund, which were up 1.6% and 0.2%, respectively.

Persons: Man, Pierre, Yves Morlat, Laurent Laizet Organizations: Renaissance Technologies, AHL, Research, Technologies, Business, Hedge Fund Research Locations: London

☆ From Goldman to Bridgewater, here's everything we know about how Wall Street is embracing AI
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-29 | by ( Bianca Chan | Michelle Abrego | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Once ChatGPT hit the scene at the end of 2022, Wall Street ramped up its efforts in AI. Here is what we know about how Wall Street is embracing AI:AdvertisementBanks accelerated their AI research and use cases due to the rise of ChatGPTWe identified 17 of the top AI executives and technologists to know at the country's biggest banks. Large language models, the form of AI behind ChatGPT, could transform how Wall Street does business. As financial firms' AI strategies come into focus, they're hiring more technologists with specialized skills. For those who want to land an AI job on Wall Street, here's everything you need to know about how tech skills and roles are changing.

Persons: ChatGPT, —, Banks, Jamie Dimon, Dimon, Goldman Sachs, Marco Argenti, Dimitris Tsementzis, aren't, Bridgewater, Charlie Flanagan, Tim Mace, AllianceBernstein, Andrew Chin Organizations: JPMorgan, Man, Service, fintech, Deutsche Bank, fund's AIA, Management Locations: dealmaking, Swedish

☆ I retired and moved to Thailand. It's cheap, and I feel more respected here than in the UK.
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-22 | by ( Rebecca Root | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The 75-year-old Brit landed on Hua Hin, a beach town south of Bangkok, Thailand. south of Bangkok, Thailand. He spends his days swimming and sun bathing and said medical care is cheaper and faster. Choosing where I wanted to retire abroad was difficultI decided against a care home in the UK for myself. My family's reaction when I said I would retire in Thailand was, "We can't come to see you.

Persons: Jeffrey Ogden, Brit, Hua Hin, —, I've, I'd, I'm, Chiang Mai, didn't Organizations: Service, Sunshine International Locations: Bangkok, Thailand, Watford, United Kingdom, Spain, Caribbean, America, Australia, New Zealand, Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Asia, Pattaya, Hua

☆ How $21 billion Balyasny is building an AI equivalent of a senior analyst
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-22 | by ( Bianca Chan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Balyasny Asset Management is working to build the AI equivalent of a senior analyst by combining multiple different AI tools, the hedge fund's head of applied AI told Business Insider. Balyasny is working to plug BAM ChatGPT, as it's called, into every internal and third-party dataset at Balyasny. "We're pretty laser-focused right now to move from junior analysts to senior analysts," Flanagan said of the agents' abilities. AdvertisementCharlie Flanagan, head of applied AI, Balyasny Asset Management Balyasny Asset ManagementHedge funds are keen to capitalize on the AI wave sweeping up Wall Street. AdvertisementLooking ahead, Flanagan is encouraging analyst and PM teams to build their own "agents" using AI building blocks created by the Applied AI team.

Persons: we're, Charlie Flanagan, Flanagan, Slack, aren't, Goldman Sachs Organizations: Service, Balyasny, Management, Business, Microsoft, Software, Man, Sigma, Wall, Citadel, BAM, intel Locations: Bridgewater

☆ What the global elite are saying about AI behind closed doors
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-19 | by ( Matt Turner | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

AdvertisementThe annual World Economic Forum just wrapped up in Davos, Switzerland, and talk of artificial intelligence was just about everywhere. AdvertisementPlenty of companies touted their AI wares at the World Economic Forum in Davos this year. Related storiesAt Automation Anywhere, which, as its name suggests, works on automating work, the customer-service team shrank when AI was implemented. Others I spoke to agreed: Many businesses have small-scale AI experiments running, often with promising results so far. These AI projects are expensive, and not every company has the financial or human capital to pursue an ambitious AI strategy.

Persons: Matt Turner, —, Sam Altman, Rob Goldstein, copilots, Jason Girzadas, he'd, Oliver Wyman, Deb Cupp, Mihir Shukla, Ana Kreacic, Shukla, Becky Frankiewicz, Lareina Yee, WEF, Satish H.C, Mustafa Suleyman, DeepMind, Kapilashram, Azeem Azhar, Dan Vahdat Organizations: Economic, Service, Tech, Infosys, IBM, Builder.ai, Cisco, Qualcomm, Salesforce, BlackRock, Deloitte, Microsoft, Oliver Wyman Group, Standard Chartered, McKinsey, Huma Therapeutics Locations: Davos, Switzerland

☆ Man Group taps former Gladstone partner Sumant Wahi for a new stock-picking strategy
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-16 | by ( Bradley Saacks | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

Sumant Wahi started at Man Group's GLG unit Monday. The former Gladstone partner is going to run a stock-picking strategy focused on tech companies. Wahi previously ran a tech-focused strategy for Fidelity International. London-based Man Group has added to its roster of investment talent to start the new year. The $161 billion investment manager — one of the few publicly traded hedge fund managers — has hired former Gladstone partner Sumant Wahi to run a tech-focused stock-picking strategy.

Persons: Sumant Wahi, Gladstone, Wahi, — Organizations: Fidelity International . London, Gladstone, Business

☆ How 9 hedge funds including Millennium and AQR are thinking about AI — and the 11 experts leading the charge
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-04 | by ( Bianca Chan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

And while Wall Street is no stranger to AI and machine learning, recent advances in generative AI have opened up new possibilities. It's still early days, but hedge funds are investing in AI research, human capital, and technology to harness AI's potential and find an investing edge. Millennium Management and ExodusPoint recently hired AI leaders from Bloomberg and Balyasny Asset Management. The executives have worked on Wall Street, in Silicon Valley, and the upper echelons of academia. Here are 11 AI experts to know at some of Wall Street's biggest hedge funds

Persons: It's, ExodusPoint, aren't Organizations: Business, Millennium Management, Bloomberg, Balyasny, Management, Man Locations: Silicon Valley, Wall

The world also said goodbye to former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, who died Nov. 29. Political Cartoons View All 1277 ImagesAnother political figure who died this year was former U.S. first lady Rosalynn Carter, who died Nov. 19. Among the entertainers who left the world this year was singer Tina Turner, who died May 24. Here is a roll call of some influential figures who died in 2023 (cause of death cited for younger people, if available):___JANUARY___Fred White, 67. A Hall of Fame forward who helped the Chicago Blackhawks win the 1961 Stanley Cup Final.

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☆ London stocks fall as investors await more data; Rolls-Royce shines
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-28 | by ( Shashwat Chauhan | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

A street cleaning operative walks past the London Stock Exchange Group building in the City of London financial district, whilst British stocks tumble as investors fear that the coronavirus outbreak could stall the global economy, in London, Britain, March 9, 2020. The exporter-heavy FTSE 100 (.FTSE) fell 0.6% touching a two-week low intraday, while the more domestically-oriented FTSE 250 midcap index (.FTMC) also shed 0.6%. Personal goods (.FTNMX402040) led declines among the major FTSE 350 sectors, with Burberry Group (BRBY.L) falling 2.7% after HSBC reduced the stock's price target. Investors will look ahead to UK mortgage data, inflation prints across the eurozone, and a Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) report in the U.S. - the Federal Reserve's preferred inflation gauge - later this week. Man Group (EMG.L) fell 3.2% after Morgan Stanley downgraded the hedge fund manager's stock to "Equal-Weight" from "Overweight".

Persons: Toby Melville, inflation's, Andrew Jones, Janus Henderson, Dave Ramsden, Jonathan Haskel, Pearson, Morgan Stanley, Shashwat Chauhan, Sonia Cheema Organizations: London Stock Exchange Group, REUTERS, Royce, Burberry Group, HSBC, PT Pearson, Man, Janus Henderson Investors, Bank of England's, Thomson Locations: City, London, Britain, U.S, Bengaluru

☆ Exclusive: Bayer holds call with bond investors after raft of bad news
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-22 | by ( Shankar Ramakrishnan | Thomson Reuters | Shankar Ramakrishnan Has Nearly Years Of Financial Journalism Experience In Writing | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

The bad news prompted some bond investors to question whether Bayer should sweeten the terms of the deal or outright pull it, one of the sources said. The drug-to-pesticides group priced the investment grade bond on Thursday last week, with the deal closing on Tuesday. Bayer priced bonds with maturities between three to 30 years. It was the 10th largest investment grade bond deal by an industrial company this year and attracted more than $22 billion in orders, according to Informa Global Markets. The events were "not enough to trigger a material adverse change clause in bond documents for investors to ask to be paid back," said CreditSights' Brady.

Persons: Wolfgang Rattay, Bayer, Andrew Brady, CreditSights, JP Morgan, Wells, Brady, Shankar Ramakrishnan, Ludwig Burger, Mike Erman, Paritosh Bansal, Marguerita Choy Organizations: Bayer AG, REUTERS, Bayer, Nomura Holdings, Informa Global Markets, Citigroup, Nikko Securities America, RIC, Thomson Locations: Leverkusen, Germany, Seattle

Ten-year Treasury yields hit a 16-year high of 5.021% in late October, but have fallen back to 4.414%. Some big investors and advisers believe, however, that reasons to cheer are short-lived and growing concerns over the economy will start weighting on asset prices early next year. His focus now is more on earnings, credit markets and broader economic data for signs of a potential slowdown. The U.S. presidential race next year is also a concern because it could be a source of more market instability. For a new boost in market performance, tech stocks will depend more on showing how AI can lift results, investors said.

Persons: We've, Ryan Israel, Bill Ackman's, Mohamed El, Peter van Dooijeweert, Max Gokhman, Franklin Templeton, Bill Gross, van Dooijeweert, Carolina Mandl, David Randall, Svea, Bayliss, Megan Davies, Leslie Adler Organizations: Nasdaq, Bill Ackman's Pershing, Capital Management, Allianz, Group's Solutions, U.S, Reuters, Microsoft, Wall, Svea Herbst, Thomson Locations: extrapolating, U.S, China

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Jon Rahm, Viktor Hovland and Tommy Fleetwood were among the marquee players moving into contention at the season-ending World Tour Championship on Friday. 2-ranked McIlroy was, in his words, “stuck in neutral” on his way to shooting an even-par 72 in the second round, Rahm, Hovland and Fleetwood all had 66s on the Earth Course to be in a good position heading into the weekend. A special year could yet include a winner's check of $3 million in Dubai, where he said he was playing “stress-free golf” after just one bogey on Friday sandwiched between seven birdies including four in his last seven holes. 10, birdied four of his first seven holes, then nearly holed his approach at No. “I was trying to make some birdies on the back nine to get something going,” he said, “and I couldn’t.”___

Persons: — Jon Rahm, Viktor Hovland, Tommy Fleetwood, Rory McIlroy wasn't, McIlroy, “, Rahm, Nicolai Hojgaard, Dane, Ryder, ” Hojgaard, birdies, —, Hojgaard, It’s, Hovland, I’m, ” Hovland, ” Rahm, ”, Nos Organizations: United Arab Emirates, Fleetwood, Ryder, PGA Locations: DUBAI, United Arab, Fleetwood, Dubai, Nos

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of German industrial conglomerate Siemens, Roland Busch attends the virtual annual shareholder meeting in Munich, Germany, February 10, 2022. Sven Hoppe/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsSummaryCompanies Company expects sales to grow 4-8% in fiscal 2024Posts record industrial sales, profit in Q4Frankfurt-listed shares +3.6%FRANKFURT, Nov 16 (Reuters) - Siemens (SIEGn.DE) on Thursday gave a more cautious sales outlook for 2024, citing continuing destocking by Chinese customers, after the maker of products from trains to industrial software reported record industrial profit. That beat the 20.99 billion euros forecast in a company-gathered poll of analysts. Industrial profit too grew 7% to a record 3.4 billion euros, above the 3.34 billion euros forecast. The company has also been working through its massive order book, which stood at 111 billion euros at the end of September, up from 110 billion euros at the end of June.

Persons: Roland Busch, Sven Hoppe, Ralf Thomas, Christoph Steitz, Alexander Huebner, John Revill, Linda Pasquini, Christopher Cushing, Jan Harvey Organizations: Siemens, Companies, ABB, Frankfurt, Industrial Business, Thomson Locations: Munich, Germany, Frankfurt, FRANKFURT, Swiss, China

Burry also closed out bearish options against the broad S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 Index, the filings showed. His Scion Asset Management’s biggest new position last quarter was in bearish options on an exchange-traded fund focused on semiconductors. He bought put options with a notional value of $47.4 million against the iShares Semiconductor ETF (SOXX.O), according to the filing. The filings also showed that Burry's fund no longer held puts on the Nasdaq 100 and S&P 500. Hedge fund Man Group also sold its 1.1 million shares in Nvidia, while Renaissance Technologies LLC sold its entire stake in the company.

Persons: Michael Burry, Burry, George Soros, Carolina Mandl, David Gregorio, Anna Driver, Deepa Babington Organizations: U.S, Nasdaq, iShares Semiconductor, Soros Fund Management, Society, Nvidia, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufactoring, Man, Renaissance Technologies, Tiger Global Management, Eisler Capital, Man Group, Duquesne Family Office, Thomson Locations: U.S, TSMC, New York

TURIN, Italy (AP) — Andrey Rublev grew so frustrated during a 7-5, 6-2 loss to Carlos Alcaraz at the ATP Finals on Wednesday that he repeatedly hit himself with his racket — so hard that he bloodied his left knee. Rublev had already slammed his racket to the ground during the opening game of the second set. In a first career meeting, it was a tight first set until Alcaraz broke for a 6-5 lead. Rublev called it an “unlucky call.”“But it’s part of the sport,” he said. ... Just happen that it was important (point).”In the next game, Rublev bloodied himself.

Persons: — Andrey Rublev, Carlos Alcaraz, Rublev, Blood, ” Rublev, “, couldn’t, Grigor Dimitrov, Alexander Zverev, ” Alcaraz, Alcaraz, Daniil Medvedev, Medvedev, Novak Djokovic, ”, ___ Organizations: ATP, ” Locations: TURIN, Italy, Russian, Shanghai, Roman, Paris, Turin

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