This year, companies are gobbling up their own shares by the tens of billions of dollars. Repurchases can create tremendous value when they're properly timed. A company that purchases cheap stock reduces...... (read more)

The economy is only just starting to chug along again.  The situation in Europe is relatively unchanged, China is slowing down and banks are still de-leveraging. Yet stock markets are hitting all-time...... (read more)

When turnaround trends take place in industries that have been considered boring or unappealing for extended periods of time, such events can be rather explosive. A good example of this is the PowerShares...... (read more)

American International Group Inc (NYSE:AIG) rose by nearly 5% on Friday after the company announced better than expected earnings figures on Thursday after the close. The stock is up by more than 20%...... (read more)

A 13G filed with the SEC has disclosed that billionaire Steve Cohen’s SAC Capital Advisors owns 2.3 million shares of $4 billion market cap property and casualty insurance company RenaissanceRe Holdings...... (read more)

Economic activity for the sake of economic activity does nothing. If disasters like Sandy actually benefited the economy, then we could just go out and destroy houses on our own. There's no need to wait...... (read more)

Warren Buffett's involvement in a $23 billion deal for H.J. Heinz Company (NYSE:HNZ) signifies the Oracle of Omaha's desire to put the trove of cash at Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK.A) back to good...... (read more)

In the hedge fund world, 13F filing season is here, and we’re bringing you up-to-date coverage of this situation. While hedgies' 13F filings are reported to the SEC with a 45-day delay, this actually...... (read more)

Investors in The Allstate Corporation (NYSE:ALL) surely sent up a cheer when the insurer breezed into earnings season sporting an earnings per share of $0.59. While peers The Chubb Corporation (NYSE...... (read more)