Texas tycoon T. Boone Pickens shutters energy hedge fund

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Oil tycoon T. Boone Pickens is closing his Dallas energy-focused hedge fund after what he describes as “one hell of a roller coaster ride.”
In a statement published on his LinkedIn page Friday, the 89-year-old Pickens says that “it’s no secret the past year has not been good to me, from a health perspective or a financial one.”
Pickens is recovering from a series of strokes and a fall last year. Slumping oil and natural gas prices knoc