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October 28 - Uncategorized
One of the basic principles that stand behind the decision-making process of any financial market’s participant is the risk/reward trade-off, which determines the profile of...
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September 28 - News, Uncategorized
General Motors Company (NYSE:GM) has again shocked the market with it’s another set of new recalls totalling 8.45 million cars in North America, thereby raising eyebrows over...
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July 2 - News, Uncategorized
Alcoa Inc (NYSE:AA) is shifting focus, and indeed it has travelled a pretty much distance over the last two years to establish itself as a chief aerospace component maker.
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June 27 - News, Uncategorized
In both the US and abroad, the markets were as the two-day European Summit begins and attentions were directed to domestic economic data and the Supreme Court’s review of the...
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June 28 - Uncategorized
Markets were up across the board today. Gains were realized in both domestic and foreign markets alike.
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June 27 - Uncategorized
Facebook, Inc. (FB) has had a rough time of things.
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June 25 - Uncategorized
John Paulson, founder and manager of Paulson & Co., made $15 billion in 2007 betting against U.S.
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January 17 - Hedge Funds, Uncategorized
Paulson's Advantage Plus fund finished the year down 52.5%, while its unleveraged Advantage fund fell 36%. Paulson's other funds did marginally better.
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January 9 - Hedge Funds, Uncategorized
Hedge fund billionaire, investment tycoon Warren Buffett will be on the annual Chinese Internet Spring Festival and meet millions of Chinese audiences, disclosed by Jiuping Wang...
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January 9 - Uncategorized
Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) "was upgraded to neutral from underweight at JPMorgan on raised expectations that Hunter Harrison will become CEO," reports the Financial Post.
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January 5 - Uncategorized
Wilbur Ross’s Invesco Private Capital (WL Ross & Co) recently reported its insider purchases in Exco Resources Inc. (XCO).
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December 27 - Uncategorized
There was the Deepwater Horizon and the tragedy in the Gulf.
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December 15 - Hedge Funds, The Smart Set, Uncategorized
Jim Cramer is the host of the popular “Mad Money” show on CNBC. He is famous for making big bold calls, liking momentum stocks and preferring dividend yielding stocks.
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November 21 - Uncategorized
In the third quarter, Barry Rosenstein's Jana Partners worked with McGraw Hill (MHP) as the company developed a plan to split its operations in two – McGraw Hill Education and...
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November 17 - Hedge Funds, Uncategorized
Convicted hedge-fund titan Raj Rajaratnam will likely appeal the record penalty handed down by the Securities and Exchange Commission last week on civil insider trading charges...
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November 17 - Uncategorized
Rob Citrone’s Discovery Capital filed Form 4s for its recent insider purchases in Universal Display Corp \PA\ (PANL).
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November 11 - Hedge Funds, Uncategorized
Paul Singer, fund manager of Elliott Management Group and favorite of the Tiger21 club, recently spoke to members of the Federalist Society at a conference in Washington on Thursday...
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November 11 - Hedge Funds, Uncategorized
The $7 billion New York-based firm announced that its Real Estate Opportunity Fund II garnered $628 million before it closed.
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November 10 - Hedge Funds, Uncategorized
Hedge Fund Manager Dan Loeb is worried Jerry Yang, the founder of Yahoo, will muck up its sale reports the Wall Street Journal.
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November 5 - Hedge Funds, Uncategorized
Dan Loeb is the founder and manager at Third Point. He is well known for big and successful investments. (more…)
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November 3 - Hedge Funds, Uncategorized
After more than 40 years as a noted stock-picker and market commentator, Oscar Schafer plans to close down his hedge fund in the next six months, investors said. The decision...
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November 3 - Uncategorized
Fitch also assigns a 'BB-' rating to Spectrum's proposed note offering of a 9.5%, $150 million senior secured notes.
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November 2 - Uncategorized
At Aegon Capital Management, Glenn Paradis was a well-known growth manager who focused mainly on mid-cap names.
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November 2 - Uncategorized
An internal watchdog slapped the Securities and Exchange Commission on the wrist for its now-discontinued policy of discarding records from preliminary inquiries into possible...
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November 2 - Uncategorized
David Einhorn, Greenlight Capital has noticed a "substantial disconnect" in the market according to Bloomberg and he is investing accordingly. (more…)
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November 1 - Uncategorized
Pershing Square, the activist hedge fund founded and managed by Bill Ackman "has built up a 12.2 per cent stake in Canadian Pacific Railway, one of Canada's most storied companies...
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October 31 - Hedge Funds, Uncategorized
Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (GMCR) has had a rough October. The coffee giant popular for its Keurig K-Cups has fallen almost 30% since October 1, 2011.
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October 28 - Uncategorized
Hedge funds are a mystery to many people. They can be confusing and investors are wise to seek the advice before investing.
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October 28 - Hedge Funds, Uncategorized
Rajat Gupta surrendered to the FBI over insider trading charges Wednesday morning.
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October 28 - Insider Trading, Uncategorized
WHILE I was at work on a book about the 2008 financial disaster I became interested in a tiny handful of investors who had made their fortunes from the collapse of the sub-prime...
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October 28 - Uncategorized
ERIC WONG, who helps run his Hong Kong family’s money through an investment office, TCG Capital, looks like a hedge-fund manager’s dream.
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October 28 - Uncategorized
Hedge funds could face double exposure reports Bloomberg. "When hedge funds and private-equity funds begin to reveal their inner workings to U.S.
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October 27 - Uncategorized
A former Old Lane Partners manager has returned home to launch a high-concentrated hedge fund focused on Russia. Viatcheslav Pivovarov's Altera Capital will launch its maiden...
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October 27 - Uncategorized
Hedge fund management can make all the difference in a fund's performance but it can also have an effect in the political arena, as in the case of Jim Simons' Renaissance Technologies...
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October 26 - Hedge Funds, Uncategorized
David Baran's hedge fund, Symphony Financial has been outperforming its peers.
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October 26 - Hedge Funds, Uncategorized
Donald Yacktman is one of the most successful fund managers in the industry reports Businessweek. (more…)
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October 25 - Hedge Funds, Uncategorized
A pair of hedgies feature prominently in this year's edition of Fortune magazine's ranking of the top young guns in business. Bridgewater Associates' Greg Jensen and Centaurus...
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October 25 - Uncategorized
Jana Partners is an activist hedge fund. This means that it take positions in its investments that are large enough to afford the firm a voice in the company's operations.
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October 24 - Hedge Funds, Uncategorized
AT&T (T) is being blocked from purchasing T-Mobile from Deutsche Telekom AG reports the Wall Street Journal. (more…)
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October 24 - Uncategorized
Fortress Investment Group LLC (FIG) has hired David Dredge as co-chief investment officer at its convexity strategies group, two sources familiar with the matter said. Dredge...
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October 24 - Uncategorized
Richard Perry's Perry Capital announced that it is cutting three partners and roughly 30 managers and analysts, as well as closing its Hong King office in an effort to refocus...
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October 21 - Uncategorized
Bo K. Brownstein, the head of Big 5 Asset Management, is expected to plead guilty on insider trading charges today.
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October 21 - Uncategorized
Several hedge funds made big Friday on Seagate Technologies (STX) after the stock swelled from $12.06 at close yesterday to trade at $14.74 midday.
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October 21 - Hedge Funds, Uncategorized
According to CNN Money, Raj Rajaratnam, the man recently sentenced to 11 years for insider trading, may be receiving a kidney transplant, at the taxpayers' expense.
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October 21 - Uncategorized
Joel Greenblatt, Gotham Capital talked to the Wall Street Journal's Steve Eder yesterday about the resiliency of hedge funds. The video is embedded at the bottom of the page.
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October 20 - Hedge Funds, Uncategorized
According to Bloomberg, BHP Billiton Ltd (BHP) is in talks to buy Ferrous Resources Ltd, a Brazilian iron-ore producer. The deal is rumored to be worth around $3.2 billion.
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October 20 - Uncategorized
Several hedge funds made big after Apollo Group (APOL), the company behind University of Phoenix, reported profits and sales above analyst estimates, reported Businessweek.
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October 19 - Hedge Funds, Uncategorized
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Tuesday that the Fed may need to use monetary policy tools to prevent asset bubbles from forming reports CNBC.Bernanke was quick to ...
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October 18 - Uncategorized