On May 8th, a number of value investors such as billionaire David Einhorn of Greenlight Capital (see Einhorn’s stock picks from his most recent......
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May 9 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Oil States International, Inc. (NYSE:OIS) rose over 15% on April 30th following the news that activist investor Barry Rosenstein’s JANA Partners owns......
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May 1 - Hedge Funds - Comments
We track 13F filings from hedge funds and other notable investors, such as billionaire oilman T. Boone Pickens. By compiling these filings in our database......
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March 21 - Hedge Funds - Comments
T. Boone Pickens isn’t a hedge fund manager, but the billionaire oilman invests considerable capital in energy stocks and reports his positions on quarterly......
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February 27 - Hedge Funds - Comments
On the whole, hedge funds have underperformed the market in recent years. This is no secret. To most members of the financial media, their coverage of......
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February 11 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Insiders should be very reluctant to buy more shares of their company’s stock, since it leaves them more exposed to company-specific events and the......
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January 28 - Insider Trading - Comments
Halliburton Company (NYSE:HAL) reported its results for the fourth quarter of 2012 on January 25th. Earnings were down from the fourth quarter of 2012......
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January 28 - Stock Analysis - Comments
We like to track insider purchasing activity because studies show that stocks bought by insiders tend to beat the market (read more about studies on insider......
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January 4 - Insider Trading - Comments
Insider purchases are worth tracking because on average- though not always- stocks bought by insiders outperform the market. Read about academic studies......
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December 28 - Insider Trading - Comments
Two company officers at oil and gas equipment and services company Weatherford International Ltd (NYSE:WFT) have bought shares since the middle of December......
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December 26 - Insider Trading - 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
Value investors like to use price-to-earnings multiples as a crude shortcut to determine how a stock’s valuation compares to the company’s earnings......
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December 19 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Schlumberger Limited. (NYSE:SLB), the largest public American oilfield equipment and services company, has been seeing big benefits from the boom in oil......
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November 5 - Stock Analysis - Comments
It’s hard to tell when a stock that has been in free fall for some time is about to stabilize. “Catching a falling knife”, as it is called, is hard......
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October 17 - Insider Trading - Comments
T. Boone Pickens started his career as an oilman. He parlayed his knowledge and experience into forming BP Capital as a fund that is focused on profiting......
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October 10 - Uncategorized - 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
Barry Rosenstein’s $1.9 Billion value oriented and event driven hedge fund Jana Partners returned 8.4% in 2010 . Recently one of the partners of the......
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January 16 - Hedge Funds - Comments
T. Boone Pickens isn’t your average hedge fund manager. He’s an oilman turned fund manager. Instead of taking risks in the oil fields, he now......
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December 15 - Hedge Funds - Comments
