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Some of these insiders use illegal information to trade. You can benefit by imitating them. They might go jail, but you reap the rewards and are free as a bird.

Piggyback Hedge Funds

Academic Research has shown that you can beat the market by imitating the best hedge fund managers' best stock picks.

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Back test hedge funds' and insiders' past stock picks, and use factor regressions to determine which hedge funds are the best.

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Bill Ackman JC Penney

Bill Ackman’s New Favorite Long Idea (Ira Sohn)

Bill Ackman lost nearly $300 million today because of a 20% decline in JC Penney (JCP). According to Ackman's latest 13F filing Pershing Square had nearly $1.4 billion invested in JC Penney at the end...
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John-Lykouretzos

9 Year Old Long/Short Hedge Fund’s Top Stock Pick

John Lykouretzos' Hoplite Capital isn't very well known but we have been tracking it for a while now. John T. Lykouretzos launched Hoplite Capital Management in 2003 after working for five years at Andreas...
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John Paulson Ira Sohn

John Paulson’s Two Favorite Stock Picks

John Paulson doesn't really have a good track record of stock picking. He made his billions by shorting the housing market and by buying physical gold. At the Ira Sohn Conference John Paulson recommended...
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Lee Ainslie
Robert Rodriguez And Steven Romick
Paul Ruddock And Steve Heinz
John Burbank
Pavel Begun And Cory Bailey
Ricky Sandler
Bruce Berkowitz
Stuart Peterson
Douglas W. Case
Jeffrey Tannenbaum
Jonathon Jacobson
Michael Lowenstein
Chase Coleman
Louis Bacon
Martin D. Sass
Dan Loeb
Hedge Fund Alpha

Do Hedge Funds Really Generate No Alpha?

Morgan Stanley strategist Adam Parker did an analysis of HFRI equity hedge index and found out that hedge funds do not have alpha anymore. The first finding of the analysis is that correlation between...

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Hedge Fund Analysis
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JOBS Act Accidentally Relaxes Hedge Fund Rules
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Ex-Goldman Sachs Traders Find Making Money Isn’t Easy
We Disagree
What Percentage of Hedge Fund Profits Are Pocketed by Managers?
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Ray Dalio Isn’t the Highest Paid Hedge Fund Manager in 2011
Are Goldman Sachs’ Predictions Accurate?
Top Fund Managers
John Paulson
George Soros
Jim Simons
Warren Buffett
Steve Cohen
David Einhorn
Lists
‘Tis the Season to Go Public – Outback, Burger King, Facebook IPOs
Will Solar Stocks Be Hot Again?
Goldman Sachs’ Reputation is Better Than Uganda’s Joseph Kony
Best Energy Stocks Picked by Hedge Funds
Market Movers
Is Starbucks A Good Investment Right Now?
Wal-Mart Mexico: A Target for Hedge Fund Short Sellers
AOL to Sell Patents to Microsoft for $1.1B $AOL $MSFT
AOL Patents may be Worth Less than Expected $AOL
The Smart Set
Falcone Still Fighting for LightSquared, Has Until End of Month
Paulson Shorts Euro Sovereign Bonds, Bets on Credit Default Swaps
Despite Its Hype, $GOOG is Undervalued
Sears $SHLD Netflix $NFLX Rally in First Quarter, Hedge Funds Win
Predictions
JOBS Act Accidentally Relaxes Hedge Fund Rules
Is Gold Overpriced Relative to Other Commodities?
China’s GDP Growth Rate: Predictions
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Insider Trading
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Robert Iger And Other Disney Insiders Are Selling Their Shares $DIS
Insider Trading Report: Bank of South Carolina Corp
Insider Purchases in Large Cap Stocks: $KO $HES $CME $GE
Dividend Stocks
The Best Coffee Stock $SBUX $DNKN $MCD
What Does JP Morgan’s Trading Loss Mean for Investors?
Warren Buffett’s Coke vs. Yacktman’s Pepsi
Best European Pharma Stock