Ken Griffin's Hedge Fund Faces Challenging Year Amid Natural Gas Setback

According to Odaily, billionaire Ken Griffin's hedge fund, Citadel, is experiencing its most challenging annual return since 2018 due to setbacks in natural gas investments, which were previously a major profit source. As of December 18, the flagship fund reported a return rate of 9.3%. The fund has seen gains in equities, fixed income, credit, and quantitative strategies, and even achieved slight profits in commodities, including natural gas, despite earlier losses this year. With less than two weeks remaining in the year, 2023 may become the sixth year since Citadel's 1990 inception with returns below 10%, highlighting the firm's recent reliance on commodities trading for high returns.