Kyle Bass

Hedge fund manager Kyle Bass, known for his bet against U.S. subprime and his prescient prediction on the European debt market, told CNBC's Gary Kaminsky on Friday that he would "never bet against Dan Loeb." Loeb, the fund manager of Third Point, has an 8.2 percent stake in multi-level marketing...

Hayman Capital's Kyle Bass spoke with CNBC's David Faber on Friday about his outlook for a number of markets and how his hedge fund is positioned. Bass was particularly adamant about Japan's disastrous fiscal situation and his belief that the Japanese yen and bond market is headed for a...

Kyle Bass is no stranger to provocative statements. Last year, in a speech given at AmeriCatalyst, Bass expounded on his short yen thesis, a trading idea he had held for some time, but one that has not, at least until now, appeared to have gone his way. With the yen continuing to plummet following...

The Japanese economy, the world's third-largest behind the U.S. and China, showed a smaller-than-expected fourth-quarter GDP contraction. Capital spending actually rose 4.9% and Japan's economy looks to be getting a lift from a weaker yen and reconstruction efforts following last year's tragic...

Europe Will Experience Hard Defaults - While the market is not currently anticipating hard defaults in the Eurozone, some of the world's top investors are predicting just that outcome. Specifically, Greece will default in the early part of the year and this could set off a "cluster" of sovereign...

As the debt crisis in Europe has exacerbated in severity, speculation has grown that Japan could soon find itself in the same situation as the indebted euro nations. That is, facing extraordinary interest rates and the prospect of default. Kyle Bass of Hayman Capital has spearheaded this thesis,...

On Monday, Warren Buffett announced that he was bullish on Japan, noting that the recent scandal involving Olympus had done little to shake his confidence in the country's economy. Yet, is Buffett losing his touch? Bloomberg reported on Monday that Japanese exports declined for the first time in...

MGIC Investment Corp. (NYSE: MTG) shares are spiking on news from the Wall Street Journal that notoriously bearish hedge fund manager Kyle Bass has purchased a 4.9% stake in the company. Bass, of Hayman Advisors, said that the losses of the U.S. housing market are largely past them. The news...

Shares of MGIC Investment Corp. (NYSE: MTG) are spiking on Monday after hedge fund manager Kyle Bass said that they appear undervalued. The stock has gained 10.55% to $2.84. Bass famously bet against he mortgage market prior to the collapse at his hedge fund Hayman Capital, but now it appears that...

Texan investor Kyle Bass appeared on CNBC on Wednesday afternoon and said that America's economy woes will not be solved simply by soaking the rich. “When you look at this from a bi-partisan position, or better yet a non-partisan position, revenues need to come up.” “This is something that I love...