Recent filings with the SEC show that two members of Capital One Financial Corp. (NYSE:COF)’s Board of Directors each bought about 2,000 shares of stock......
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May 1 - Insider Trading - Comments
eBay Inc (NASDAQ:EBAY) actually beat consensus earnings estimates for the first quarter of 2013 by 1 cent, but underperformance on the top line caused......
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April 22 - Stock Analysis - Comments
Gamco Investors, managed by billionaire Mario Gabelli, has filed its 13F for the fourth quarter of 2012. This round of 13F filings, due this week, disclose......
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February 13 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Hedge funds and high-level insiders are inherently in the know when it comes to their investment decisions. Generally speaking, the former has greater......
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February 7 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Egerton Capital, a hedge fund managed by John Armitage, has filed its 13F for the end of December. These filings disclose many of a hedge fund or other......
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January 29 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Billionaire Mario Gabelli’s asset manager GAMCO Investors has beaten the S&P 500 by a little over 2% per year since inception in 1986, and his small......
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December 31 - Hedge Funds - Comments
“Buy value stocks” is common investment advice, but it’s often difficult to tell whether a low-priced stock is that way because the market doesn......
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December 14 - Hedge Funds - Comments
We track insider transactions because we believe that no one knows a company better than the people who work there. It has been shown that insiders tend......
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December 4 - Insider Trading - Comments
Warren Buffett and Ken Fisher aren’t hedge fund managers, but their investing success (Buffett at holding company Berkshire Hathaway and Fisher at mutual......
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December 3 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Berkshire Hathaway’s 13F filing for the third quarter of 2012 showed that the financial sector was Warren Buffett’s favorite area to invest in last......
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December 3 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Investors have generally been looking down on the financial sector for some time, but our review of recent 13F filings by hedge funds and other notable......
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November 23 - Hedge Funds - Comments
The Western Union Company (NYSE:WU)’s stock price fell 29% on October 31st after the company’s third quarter results disappointed the market. While......
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November 1 - Stock Analysis - Comments
Credit card stocks have been on a roll so far in 2012. Visa Inc (NYSE:V) is up about 35%, and Mastercard Inc (NYSE:MA) has increased in value by about......
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October 17 - Stock Analysis - Comments
Marc Faber: The Fed will Destroy the World (MoneyMorning) America’s central bank, the Federal Reserve, will eventually destroy the world economy, says......
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October 17 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Discover Financial Services (NYSE:DFS)’s card doesn’t have as strong a brand in the eyes of consumers as those of its competitors such as Visa Inc......
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September 28 - Stock Analysis - Comments
Inside Warren Buffett’s Private Poker Tournament (BRW) Via Forbes comes a read on what it’s like to go to Warren Buffett’s private poker tournament......
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August 29 - Hedge Funds - Comments
From New York after market closure Wednesday, American Express (NYSE: AXP) reported a Q2 EPS of $1.15 in its quarterly earnings report, which was 5 cents......
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July 19 - News - Comments
Boykin Curry is extremely bullish on Goldman Sachs (GS) and AON Corp (AON). Boykin Curry isn’t one of the well-known hedge fund managers despite......
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October 18 - Uncategorized - Comments
Jim Cramer spoke on his show Friday night about companies that he thought were poised to turn around. He covered a variety of different companies from......
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October 17 - Lists - Comments
American Express (AXP) is the best performing Dow component during the second quarter. AXP increased more than $6 per share or 13.5% since the end of......
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June 30 - The Smart Set - Comments
Bill Miller was on top of the investment world just 5 years ago. Since then his $3.85 Billion Legg Mason Capital Management Value (LMVTX) mutual fund......
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February 20 - News - Comments
Warren Buffett says “our favorite holding period is forever” and yet he sold eight stocks during the fourth quarter of 2010. It was surprising......
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February 15 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Bridgewater Associates’ Ray Dalio is our kind of guy. He’s a truth seeking guy who believes in transparency. “I believe that truth......
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February 13 - Hedge Funds - Comments
