John Crabb

5 days ago | eastsidefeed.com | John Crabb

Free Upper East Side News, Delivered To Your InboxIn a move few would have predicted, real estate mogul Barbara Corcoran has put her four-bedroom, six-bathroom Upper East Side penthouse up for sale just ten years after acquiring it. The Shark Tank star and founder of the Corcoran Group paid $10 million for the 11-room duplex co-op at 1158 Fifth Avenue in 2015, alongside her husband, Bill Higgins.

1 week ago | institutionalinvestor.com | John Crabb

With the predicted rebound in M&A failing to materialize, private equity funds are still chock full of investments that need to be sold. Industry officials say family offices looking to gain private market exposure could be an unexpected source of buyers. Few officials pointed to anything beyond policy confusion to explain why the boom didn’t happen, the resulting market uncertainty, and a pricing logjam.

2 weeks ago | institutionalinvestor.com | John Crabb

Recently published data from alternatives asset manager Unlimited shows that U.S hedge funds took a dramatic U-turn on strategy midway through the first quarter of the year, which the firm argues was a direct response to policy uncertainty. Initial plans for 2025 included pro-growth positions such as long U.S. dollar, and bets on equity and credit spreads, implying a bullish approach to the U.S. economy in general.

3 weeks ago | institutionalinvestor.com | John Crabb

Statistical arbitrage is one hedge fund trading strategy proving to be a functional way to navigate increasingly volatile markets. Current market conditions mean that the strategy, which uses mean reversion analyses to determine investments that are held for a short period of time, can thrive on volatility where other approaches falter.

3 weeks ago | institutionalinvestor.com | John Crabb

The dollar has slipped by 8.9 percent against the euro since inauguration day and 4.65 percent after President Trump announced sweeping tariffs on April 2, leading many to question its once irrefutable status as the defacto global currency. These capitulations are alarming, for several reasons, but do not yet signal the imminent end of the dollar as the reserve status, according to most global economists or commentators.