Morgan Stanley’s 10 Best Fresh Money Stocks To Buy
This article continues Insider Monkey’s analysis of how well recent stock recommendations from leading investment banks and advisory firms have...
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Goldman Sachs Fools Small Investors Again?
Most analysts and investors place stocks into three main categories: Buy, Hold/Neutral and Sell. Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:GS) has one extra group...
Just How Good Were These Hedge Fund Managers’ Investment Ideas From The 2017 Sohn Conference
One of the top investment conferences, the 2017 Sohn yearly conference gathered hedge funds gurus like David Einhorn or Bill Ackman, who shared some of...
Five Steel Stocks Hedge Funds Love The Most
Just as the market seemed to be stabilizing after the recent correction, plans to impose import tariffs on steel and aluminum have pushed them back inTO...
Four Stock Picks By David Einhorn That Might Be Oversold
2017 was a year to forget for David Einhorn and Greenlight Capital. The fund returned just 1.6%, well below S&P500’s 19.4% gain. Things got even...
A Look At Atlantic Investment Management’s Potential Activist Targets
Alexander J. Roepers founded Atlantic Investment Management in 1988 as a long/short hedge fund. Atlantic Investment uses fundamental analysis with a bottom...
Two Stocks That Could Become Dan Loeb, Third Point’s Next Activist Targets
Dan Loeb’s Third Point had a decent 2017, as its flagship fund ended the year with a net return of +18.1% according to an investor letter. Although...
Potential Activist Targets Among Blue Harbour’s Latest Moves?
Clifton Robbins founded Blue Harbour Group in 2004, having previously served as managing member of General Atlantic Partners, LLC, a private equity firm...
Three Moves by Activist Marcato Capital You Should Pay Attention To
Although Marcato Capital is a relatively new hedge fund, having been established in 2010, it has risen to prominence in the world of activist investment...
A Look at Jeffrey Smith, Starboard Value’s Potential Activist Targets
Starboard Value, run by Jeffrey Smith, is one of the most famous activist hedge funds and is well known to the investment community. The fund registered...
Billionaire Investors Are Betting Big On These Defense Stocks
2017 was a great year for defense stocks, some of them rising as much as 30% by the end of December. The rally was fueled mainly by the heated exchange...
Billionaire Fund Managers Are Bullish On These Biotech Stocks
The biotech sector is well known for its M&A activity, but billionaire fund managers don’t seem to be attracted by the frenzy. They seem to prefer...
Billionaires Just Love These Stocks That Pay High Taxes
The recent overhaul of the US tax law has stirred a lot of controversy, especially with regard to who stands to benefit the most. One thing is sure –...
Billionaire Investors are Bullish on These 6 Oil Stocks
Is oil a good bet for 2018? Hedge funds seem to think so according to a recent report by Bloomberg. They are betting heavily on a continued uptrend in...
Warren Buffett and Billionaires Are Crazy About These 6 Stocks
Undoubtedly one of the best investors ever, Warren Buffett is followed by everybody in the financial world and his statements are carefully analyzed....
Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ), Noble Energy, Inc. (NBL) & More: Hedge Funds Are Glad They Sold Off These Stocks
Analyzing the moves of the world’s biggest hedge funds during the second quarter, we have identified and reported a number of significant changes...
Pioneer Natural Resources (PXD) And Southwestern Energy (SWN) Among E&P Stocks Hedge Funds Grew Increasingly Bullish On
After a double bottom at the $26 level in January, oil prices have staged a rally showing signs of recovery in the exploration and production business...
Perry Capital’s Long-Term Holdings as It Plans to “Wind Down”
After nearly 30 years at the top of the hedge fund business, Perry Capital is scaling down. At a time when hedge fund managers face intense pressure...
Leon Cooperman Lawsuit: 5 Stocks That Will Get Crushed if Omega is Forced to Liquidate
Leon Cooperman‘s insider trading scandal is one of the most hot topics these days. The billionaire hedge fund manager is accused of having traded...
Amazon (AMZN), Charter Communications (CHTR) And 3 Other Hot Stocks That Billionaire Ken Griffin Is Bullish On
While many hedge funds were deep in the red in 2015, Ken Griffin‘s Citadel Investment Group posted double-digit returns. The company’s main...
Activism-Focused 13D Management Is Betting Big on Lifelock (LOCK) And Howard Hughes (HHC); Plus Three New Additions
Kenneth Squire established 13D Management in late 2011 and is still serving as the fund’s Chief Investment Strategist. Prior to that, he managed...
Liberty Broadband (LBRDK) & Activision Blizzard (ATVI) Among George Soros’ Soros Fund Management’s Top New Picks
One of the greatest hedge fund managers of all time, George Soros is currently not actively involved in the day-to-day activity of his family office...
Dow Chemical (DOW), Chimera Investment (CIM) Among Billionaire Leon Cooperman’s Favorite Dividend Stocks
With interest rates still at historical lows, bonds have failed to appease investors’ appetite for yield. What many investors have done is replaced...
Billionaire Carl Icahn’s Favorite Dividend Stocks: Xerox Corp (XRX), American International Group Inc (AIG) & More
Investors looking for yield have had a hard time generating solid returns, with the interest rates having been kept so low for such a long time. An obvious...
Five Alcohol Stocks Hedge Funds Like
“There’s a reason you see people in yoga pants all over New York City—not because they’re working out. It’s this idea that a kind of health...
As Coal Industry Shows Signs of Recovery, Here Are Hedge Funds’ Favorite Coal Miners
The coal industry has been plagued by a large number of bankruptcies over the past two years, as reduced demand and oversupply provided a brutal test...
Anthony Scaramucci’s SkyBridge Capital Goes Heavy On Consumer Stocks
SkyBridge Capital was founded in 2005 by Anthony Scaramucci, who currently runs the fund together with Raymond Nolte. Hedge fund seeding plays a major...
High-Paying Dividend Finance Stocks Favored by Smart Money
Investors in financial stocks are on the edge of their seats, as Janet Yellen, the Federal Reserve chairwoman, has recently hinted that there’s...
Billionaire Louis Bacon Bets Big on Finance, Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN)
Louis Bacon founded Moore Global Investments in 1989 and has been running the fund ever since. Moore Global employs a global macroeconomic approach to...
Emerging Sovereign Group Shuffles Top Positions In Bid To Recover Losses
Emerging Sovereign Group was founded in 2002 by Kevin Kenny, Mete Tuncel and Jason Kirschner, who previously worked together at Morgan Stanley, with...
Eric Mandelblatt Tunes Up Soroban’s Portfolio Betting Big on Telecommunications
Soroban Capital Partners was founded by Eric W. Mandelblatt in 2010 as an activist investors focusing on equity and debt markets. Mandelblatt and Soroban...
Distressed Securities-Focused Investor Bought These Five Stocks; Should You Follow?
Contrarian Capital was founded in 1995 by Jon Bauer, Janice Stanton and Gil Tenzer after enjoying great success investing in distressed companies while...
Energy Transfer Equity (ETE) Carries Whetstone Capital to Huge Turnaround
Whetstone Capital Advisors is a value oriented long/short hedge funds, focusing on investing in industries that benefit from secular growth. David Atterbury...
OZ Management Slashes Fees, Looks for Big Things from ‘Warcraft’ Developer Activision Blizzard (ATVI)
Founded by Daniel S. Och in 1994, OZ Management had developed into one of the largest hedge funds around, boasting more than $39 billion in assets under...
Five Small-Cap Stocks That Hedge Funds Were Dumping in Q2
For most of the second quarter, US stock market was rather choppy with the most important indices trading it a tight range. As the stock market took...
Hedge Funds Are Betting Big on These Q2 IPOs
The US initial public offering (IPO) market has been rather quiet during the second quarter. Uncertainty related to a potential interest rate increase...
5 Stocks That “The World’s Most Bearish Hedge Fund” Actually Likes
Founded in 2001 by John Horseman, Horseman Capital Management is currently managing approximately 2.7 billion worth of assets. Branded “the world...
Kinder Morgan, Pioneer, Baker Hughes: Which Energy Stocks Are Garnering the Most Interest Among Billionaires?
After a nightmare two years during which oil prices fell from $100 to as low as $26 per barrel, there is finally some optimism among people in the energy...
Activist Keith Meister Unloads Large Pfizer (PFE) Position, Takes Stakes in B/E Aerospace (BEAV), Johnson Controls (JCI)
A protege of billionaire Carl Icahn, Keith Meister founded Corvex Capital in 2011, managing to attract $250 million in seed money from George Soros. The...
Billionaire Stanley Druckenmiller Sells Off Consumer Stocks, Loads Up On Materials, Energy
Although Stanley Druckenmiller is not optimistic about the stock market, his family office is still actively managing its equity portfolio. The legendary...
Crispin Odey Returns To Merger Arbitrage and Gold As Struggles Persist
Famous for managing a 55% return by betting against European banks’ stocks at the height of the 2008 credit crunch, Crispin Odey currently manages...
David Einhorn Trims Apple (AAPL) Stake, Buys Calpine (CPN), Rite Aid (RAD)
Founded in 1996 by David Einhorn with an initial capital of $900,000, Greenlight Capital has grown into one of the most famous hedge funds around, currently...
Billionaire Bill Ackman Trims Stake in Zoetis; Still Bullish on Restaurant Brands International, Mondelez
The last 12 months have proved to be a great challenge for billionaire Bill Ackman, one of the mavericks of the hedge fund world. Once his top equity...
Billionaire Nelson Peltz Dumps Legg Mason (LM), Tiffany (TIF); Boosts Top Holdings
Founded in 2005 by Nelson Peltz, Peter May and Ed Garden, Trian Partners manages more than $13 billion worth of assets and is one of the most famous...
Here’s Why Alibaba Group Holdings, Alphabet, and Valeant Pharmaceuticals Are in Spotlight Today
US stocks are in the green on Thursday, as investors react to a wave of strong earnings reports from the retail sector. A small decline in weekly jobless...
Yelp Inc (YELP) Swung To Surprising Profit; A Look at Four Other Earnings Reports
No major moves in the US stock market this Wednesday morning, as investors digest retail earnings reports and are keeping an eye on oil prices. Analysts...
Fresh Earnings Reports Have Investors Jabbering About These 5 Stocks
U.S. futures are up this morning following the release of the Labor Department’s jobs report, which did not disappoint in the slightest, as the...
Here Is Why These Five Stocks Are Among Today’s Biggest Losers
With earnings season in full swing, US stocks have dipped into the red territory this morning, as oil prices have extended recent losses, hitting a three...
Latest Earnings Reports Got Investors Talking about These Stocks
The latest round of earnings releases has given a boost to US futures, pointing to a higher open today, with investors also awaiting the release of manufacturing...
How Investors Reacted to The Latest Earnings Reports of These Companies
Most investors are smiling today, as the US stock market continues its rally, with the Dow setting a new intraday high. Oil prices are also surging after...
