Studies show that stocks bought by insiders narrowly outperform the broader stock market (learn more about studies on insider trading). Our explanation......
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May 1 - Insider Trading - Comments
According to a filing with the SEC, an LLC connected to Mead Johnson Nutrition CO (NYSE:MJN) Board member Howard Bernick purchased a little over 3,500......
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May 1 - Insider Trading - Comments
Thousands of hedge funds file quarterly 13F holdings with the SEC, though some are inherently better for retail investors to track. Historically, it has......
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February 25 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Quarterly 13F filings from hedge funds and other major investors can be quite useful to the broader investment community. One way that we use these filings......
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February 5 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Consensus insider purchases, statistically, tend to be bullish signs for a stock (read more about studies on insider trading). While stocks bought by......
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December 20 - Hedge Funds - Comments
According to a 13G filed with the SEC, Citadel Investment Group owned 1.2 million shares of The WhiteWave Foods Co (NYSE:WWAV), giving it 5.4% of the......
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December 20 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Billionaire Steven Cohen founded SAC Capital in 1992 and now manages upwards of $14 billion in assets. After reviewing Cohen’s recent 13F filing with......
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December 18 - Hedge Funds - Comments
After identifying the most popular stocks among hedge funds (see our top 10 here) according to their third quarter 13F filings, we have decided to break......
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November 29 - Hedge Funds - Comments
One of the core principles of finance is that of diversification: a market participant shouldn’t be too exposed to any one particular company. In the......
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November 6 - Insider Trading - Comments
How Google- Motorola Deal Came Together (DealBook) It took less than seven weeks, but it became more expensive quickly. From the first discussions in......
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September 14 - Uncategorized - Comments
Stephen Mandel’s Lone Pine Capital has $17 Billion in assets under management. His personal wealth is about one tenth of that. Mandel is a Tiger cub......
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February 22 - Uncategorized - Comments
Dan Loeb’s Third Point returned 41.5% in 2010. Third Point’s flagship fund gained 38.2% in 2009 after losing 32.8% in 2008. The returns......
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February 13 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Third Point’s Daniel Loeb is one of the most successful hedge fund managers of 2010. Third Point’s flagship fund returned 41.7% in 2010. NXP Semiconductors......
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February 5 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Brevan Howard, based in England, is Europe’s largest hedge fund with nearly $27 billion AUM. During the financial crisis, Brevan Howard’s......
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December 26 - Hedge Funds - Comments
We love Dan Loeb. With an annual alpha of more than 7%, he’s certainly made his mark in the hedge fund circles. And like hedge fund circles, there......
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December 8 - Hedge Funds - Comments
