Charles Akre’s Akre Capital Management has filed its 13F for the fourth quarter of 2012, disclosing many of its long equity positions as of the end......
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February 13 - Hedge Funds - Comments
According to a Form 4 filed with the SEC, Jean-Paul Montupet, a Board member at IHS Inc. (NYSE:IHS) purchased 500 shares of the stock on January 22nd......
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January 25 - Insider Trading - Comments
Jeffrey Ubben is an activist investor, but a patient one; rather than agitate for immediate change and use the media to increase pressure on management......
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January 2 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Chuck Akre has been managing money through one vehicle or another since 1989. For some time Akre operated the FBR Focus fund before relaunching as the......
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December 31 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway filed its 13F for the third quarter of the year in November, disclosing many of its long equity positions from the......
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December 17 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Billionaire Thomas Steyer serves as a managing member of Farallon Capital Management, one of the largest hedge funds in the world. Farallon’s fundamental......
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November 29 - Hedge Funds - Comments
At the 2012 Invest for Kids conference, Jeff Ubben of ValueAct Capital made two financial stock recommendations, with one being the credit rating company......
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November 12 - Hedge Funds - Comments
As one of the world’s most reliable providers of investment analysis covering everything from equities to mutual funds, Morningstar, Inc. (NASDAQ......
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September 26 - Stock Analysis - Comments
Warren Buffett reloads the elephant gun (TheAge) Warren Buffett may well be loading Berkshire Hathaway’s (NYSE: BRK-A, BRK-B) “elephant gun”......
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August 18 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Passport To Wind Down Materials Hedge Fund After 31% Loss (Bloomberg) Passport Capital LLC, the $3.4 billion hedge fund founded by John Burbank, plans......
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July 11 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Yahoo Tops Expectations (FT) Yahoo’s profits fell 26 per cent in the third quarter of 2011 compared to a year before but still beat analysts low expectations......
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October 19 - Uncategorized - Comments
Fitch Cuts Spain’s Credit Rating (Bloomberg) Spain had its credit rating cut two levels by Fitch Ratings, which cited the “intensification”......
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October 7 - Uncategorized - Comments
WaMu Reorganization Plan Rejected (Businessweek) Washington Mutual Inc., former owner of the biggest U.S. bank to fail, must try to settle differences......
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October 7 - Uncategorized - Comments
Moody’s Downgrades Italy Credit Rating (Reuters) Moody’s downgraded Italy’s credit rating three notches, bringing it from an A2 to an Aa2, which......
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October 5 - Uncategorized - Comments
Reuters says major French banks might be downgraded by Moody’s, a move that would further increase the tension in the financing markets. Citing people......
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September 12 - Uncategorized - Comments
Our friends at Santangel’s Review published David Einhorn’s interview with the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission. In the interview Einhorn revealed......
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February 28 - Uncategorized - 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
Most investors are interested in what hedge fund managers recommend today, Insider Monkey, your source for free insider trading data, pays more attention......
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February 8 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Greenlight Capital’s David Einhorn is no stranger to financial companies. He revealed Lehman Brothers’ financial shenanigans long before its collapse......
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January 19 - Uncategorized - Comments
David Einhorn was the guest on Bloomberg’s “In The Loop” program last Friday for two hours. Most of what he said about the European debt crisis......
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December 20 - Hedge Funds - Comments
