Point72's Steve Cohen says the US is not in recession ... yet. Fed will be slow to cut.

  • Cohen spoke at the Sohn conference, said that stocks could retest their April lows.

Point72's Steve Cohen:

  • We're not in a recession yet
  • I think we're going to have significant slowing growth
  • We think it'll probably be a 45% chance of recession
  • Will be slowdown, Fed will be slow to respond
  • Stocks could retest their April lows

Cohen emphasized the volatility of the economic environment, saying his answers might have been different a week ago.

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Steve Cohen is an American billionaire hedge fund manager and philanthropist, best known as the founder and CEO of Point72 Asset Management, a global multi-strategy investment firm.

He began his career at Gruntal & Co. before launching S.A.C. Capital Advisors in 1992, which became one of the most successful hedge funds of its time. Following a high-profile insider trading case that led to a $1.8 billion settlement and a two-year ban from managing outside capital, Cohen rebranded his firm as Point72 in 2014. The firm reopened to external investors in 2018 and now manages over $35 billion in assets.

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The Sohn Investment Conference is an annual event held in New York city that brings together leading hedge fund managers and investors to share their market insights and investment ideas

  • established in 1995
  • it raises funds for pediatric cancer research through the Sohn Conference Foundation

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