Jabre Bought Japanese Shares After Quake, but Bailed Too Soon, Missing Rebound By GREGORY ZUCKERMAN Few investors have made as many mistakes navigating markets over the past two weeks as Philippe Jabre. Mr. Jabre, one of Europe’s best-known hedge-fund managers, bought Japanese stocks on news of the earthquake, and then suffered when the Nikkei Stock […]
Archive for March, 2011
‘Macro’ Traders Ride Yen’s Volatility
By GREGORY ZUCKERMAN As financial markets struggle to digest the catastrophic effects of Japan’s earthquake, growing violence in the Middle East and resulting jolts to global economies, traders like John Brynjolfsson and Samer Nsouli are engaged in a furious fight to try to stay ahead of events. Wednesday afternoon, Mr. Brynjolfsson was in the lobby […]
