Wednesday, August 1, 2007

Grantham Says Hedge Funds, LBO Funds to Collapse

Generally I agree with Mr. Grantham's take, but how will the whole thing play out? Nobody knows...

Jeremy Grantham, the money manager who oversees $150 billion as chairman of Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC, said credit-market declines may force as many as half of all hedge funds to close in the next five years.

The loss of investors' appetite for risk also may cause at least one global bank and ``one or two'' of the largest private- equity firms to go out of business, Grantham, known for his pessimistic outlook, said yesterday. The 68-year-old investor said he's still bullish on emerging-markets stocks. Read More

No comments:

Google