Paulson Stays in Blackstone Hotel

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After an initial public offering pop, hotel

Sector ETF Trading Takes Off

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The exchange-traded fund most used by hedge funds and other traders tracks a broad-based

Paulson Continues Gold Strategy

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In January John Paulson started to climb out of the deep pool of red ink he got into last year but in February he went the wrong way, in part because gold prices declined. Despite

Gold, Stock ETFs Notable in Portfolios

Paulson & Co.’s $4.4 billion holding in SPDR Gold Trust may be the single largest  investment in an exchange-traded fund. But many hedge funds as well as institutions hold a wide variety of ETFs either as a hedge or an inexpensive way of gaining from the rise of a chosen market.

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New Commodity Indexes Attract Money

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Commodity index funds that have greater flexibility as to the futures contracts they buy have gained traction with buyers of exchange-traded funds, to judge from the growth of PowerShares DB Commodity Index ETF.