We maintain a database of insider trading activity in order to track insider purchases. In theory, insiders should be very reluctant to purchase additional......
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May 14 - Insider Trading - Comments
We may be about to enter a period of intrigue in Scotland comparable to the events that Shakespeare poured into “Macbeth”. Amid a push for......
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April 2 - News - Comments
Guaranteed income is a creature comfort that fixed-income investors had become accustomed to before the financial crisis of 2008. In the rearview mirror......
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March 24 - News - Comments
Daniel Loeb, founder of Third Point, LLC, is best known for his poignant letters that he sends to companies where he disagrees with their overall corporate......
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March 20 - Hedge Funds - Comments
With the broader indices continuing to reach new multi-year highs here in March, bulls and bears alike are providing an abundance of opinions on where......
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March 19 - News - Comments
Hello and welcome readers. With the broader indices continuing to reach new multi-year highs here in March, bulls and bears alike are providing an abundance......
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March 15 - News - Comments
The U.S. is witnessing an oil revolution of sorts, thanks to the booming production of unconventional hydrocarbon. While producers are obvious gainers......
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March 7 - News - Comments
Although crude prices have risen in 2012, it was mainly due to its strained supply. But according to International Energy Administration, global demand......
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February 22 - News - Comments
Murphy Oil Corporation (NYSE:MUR) is an oil and gas exploration and production company that also engages in retail and gasoline marketing in the US, and......
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February 22 - Insider Trading - Comments
We track insider purchases because we believe they serve as signals that company officers or Board members are confident in the stock’s prospects. This......
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February 19 - Insider Trading - Comments
Murphy Oil Corporation (NYSE:MUR), an integrated oil and gas company, had Board member Claiborne Deming (who was the company’s CEO through 2008) directly......
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February 19 - Insider Trading - Comments
After more than two decades at the company he founded, Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE:CHK)’s Aubrey McClendon is stepping down from his role......
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January 30 - News - Comments
Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE:HLF) has had a wild ride over the past three weeks. On the afternoon of December 19th, news surfaced that Bill Ackman, manager of......
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January 10 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Filings with the SEC have disclosed that two insiders at Access Midstream Partners LP (NYSE:ACMP) bought the stock on December 24th. CEO Michael Stice......
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December 28 - Insider Trading - Comments
The rapid development of the ETF industry has cracked the world of commodity investing wide open, allowing average investors to gain cheap and easy access......
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December 14 - News - Comments
It appears the dreaded fiscal cliff is good for something. “Something” being the spate of special dividend news investors have been treated......
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November 30 - Stock Analysis - Comments
Dan Loeb’s Third Point has over $4 billion in assets under management, as Loeb’s mix of activism- often quite hostile to current management, as was......
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November 28 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Last week, we discussed the federal government’s allegations of illegal insider trading against Mathew Martoma, a former hedge fund manager employed......
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November 27 - Hedge Funds - Comments
With a net worth of $8.8 billion, Steven Cohen is one of the wealthiest hedge fund managers in the world, and his hedge fund SAC Capital Advisors manages......
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November 17 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Recently, we were reviewing the top picks in Polaris Capital Management’s 13F portfolio from the end of September (read more about the fund’s......
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November 7 - Stock Analysis - Comments
The Mergent’s Dividend Achievers 50 Index, a subset of the U.S. Broad Dividend Achievers Index, focuses on 50 highest yielding stocks that have a history......
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November 2 - Dividend Stocks - Comments
Murphy Oil Corporation (NYSE:MUR) was up over 5% last week on the news that Third Point believes the Murphy’s shares should be 60% higher. Although......
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October 8 - Hedge Funds - Comments
T. Boone Pickens is an oilman turned fund manager. Instead of taking risks in the oil fields, Pickens now takes risks in financial markets. His investment......
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March 1 - Hedge Funds - Comments
