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October 28 - Uncategorized - Comments
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...
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September 28 - News, Uncategorized - Comments
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...
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July 2 - News, Uncategorized - Comments
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...
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June 27 - News, Uncategorized - Comments
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...
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June 28 - Uncategorized - Comments
Markets were up across the board today. Gains were realized in both domestic and foreign markets alike. European stocks rose a little higher as investors...
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June 27 - Uncategorized - Comments
Facebook, Inc. (FB) has had a rough time of things. Since its IPO in May, the company has ranged in price from $25.52 to $45.00 a share, and averaged...
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June 25 - Uncategorized - Comments
John Paulson, founder and manager of Paulson & Co., made $15 billion in 2007 betting against U.S. subprime mortgages, and he seems to be just as bullish...
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January 17 - Hedge Funds, Uncategorized - Comments
The numbers are in for John Paulson’s Paulson & Co. The hedge fund finished 2011 with depressingly low returns reports the New York Times. Paulson...
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January 9 - Hedge Funds, Uncategorized - Comments
Hedge fund billionaire, investment tycoon Warren Buffett will be on the annual Chinese Internet Spring Festival and meet millions of Chinese audiences...
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January 9 - Uncategorized - Comments
Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) “was upgraded to neutral from underweight at JPMorgan on raised expectations that Hunter Harrison will become CEO,...
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January 5 - Uncategorized - Comments
Wilbur Ross’s Invesco Private Capital (WL Ross & Co) recently reported its insider purchases in Exco Resources Inc. (XCO). The firm bought 363 thousand...
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December 27 - Uncategorized - Comments
Big oil used to be a solid investment. The stocks trade like utilities – they tend to offer stable growth with decent dividends. But, things have been...
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December 15 - Hedge Funds, The Smart Set, Uncategorized - Comments
Jim Cramer Says Celgene is Better Than Pfizer (InsiderMonkey) Jim Cramer is the host of the popular “Mad Money” show on CNBC. He is famous for making...
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November 21 - Uncategorized - Comments
Jana Partners’ 2011 Q3 investor letter is out. In the third quarter, Barry Rosenstein‘s Jana Partners worked with McGraw Hill (MHP) as the...
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November 17 - Hedge Funds, Uncategorized - Comments
Poor Raj: Hedge-Fund Titan Says Penalty Too Big (FoxBusiness) Convicted hedge-fund titan Raj Rajaratnam will likely appeal the record penalty handed down...
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November 17 - Uncategorized - Comments
Rob Citrone’s Discovery Capital Increases Stake in $PANL (InsiderMonkey) Rob Citrone’s Discovery Capital filed Form 4s for its recent insider...
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November 11 - Hedge Funds, Uncategorized - Comments
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...
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November 11 - Hedge Funds, Uncategorized - Comments
Fir Tree Nets $628M For Real Estate Fund (FINAlternatives) The $7 billion New York-based firm announced that its Real Estate Opportunity Fund II garnered...
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November 10 - Hedge Funds, Uncategorized - Comments
Hedge Fund Manager Dan Loeb is worried Jerry Yang, the founder of Yahoo, will muck up its sale reports the Wall Street Journal. Loeb, who manages the...
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November 5 - Hedge Funds, Uncategorized - Comments
Icahn Raises His Stake in WebMD to 9.49% (NYTimes) Mr. Icahn said in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission that he had bought call options...
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November 4 - Uncategorized - Comments
Dan Loeb is the founder and manager at Third Point. He is well known for big and successful investments.
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November 3 - Hedge Funds, Uncategorized - Comments
Oscar Schafer’s O.S.S. Capital Management to Shut Down (WSJ) After more than 40 years as a noted stock-picker and market commentator, Oscar Schafer...
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November 3 - Uncategorized - Comments
Fitch Assigns Initial Ratings of ‘BB-‘ to Harbinger Capital’s Spectrum (MarketWatch) Fitch also assigns a ‘BB-‘ rating to...
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November 2 - Uncategorized - Comments
Glenn Paradis Returns as Hedge Fund Manager (MarketWatch) At Aegon Capital Management, Glenn Paradis was a well-known growth manager who focused mainly...
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November 2 - Uncategorized - Comments
SEC Scolded Over Records (WSJ) An internal watchdog slapped the Securities and Exchange Commission on the wrist for its now-discontinued policy of discarding...
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November 2 - Uncategorized - Comments
David Einhorn, Greenlight Capital has noticed a “substantial disconnect” in the market according to Bloomberg and he is investing accordingly...
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November 1 - Uncategorized - Comments
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...
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October 31 - Hedge Funds, Uncategorized - Comments
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 - Comments
Hedge funds are a mystery to many people. They can be confusing and investors are wise to seek the advice before investing. MarketWatch posed the question...
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October 28 - Hedge Funds, Uncategorized - Comments
Rajat Gupta surrendered to the FBI over insider trading charges Wednesday morning. A grand jury charged Gupta with five counts of securities fraud and...
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October 28 - Insider Trading, Uncategorized - Comments
Hedge Funds Profit on Defaults (TheAustralian) WHILE I was at work on a book about the 2008 financial disaster I became interested in a tiny handful of...
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October 28 - Uncategorized - Comments
Hedge Funds Shift Focus to Asia (Economist) ERIC WONG, who helps run his Hong Kong family’s money through an investment office, TCG Capital, looks like...
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October 28 - Uncategorized - Comments
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 - Comments
Altera Capital to Launch Maiden Hedge Fund by Year End (FINAlternatives) A former Old Lane Partners manager has returned home to launch a high-concentrated...
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October 27 - Uncategorized - Comments
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...
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October 26 - Hedge Funds, Uncategorized - Comments
David Baran’s hedge fund, Symphony Financial has been outperforming its peers. His fund “rose by more than 14.8% while most hedge funds scrambled...
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October 26 - Hedge Funds, Uncategorized - Comments
Donald Yacktman is one of the most successful fund managers in the industry reports Businessweek.
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October 25 - Hedge Funds, Uncategorized - Comments
Bridgewater Associates’ Greg Jensen and Centaurus Capital’s John Arnold Listed in Top 5 of Forbes’ ’40 Under 40′ List (FINAlternatives...
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October 25 - Uncategorized - Comments
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...
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October 24 - Hedge Funds, Uncategorized - Comments
AT&T (T) is being blocked from purchasing T-Mobile from Deutsche Telekom AG reports the Wall Street Journal.
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October 24 - Uncategorized - Comments
Fortress Investment Hires Ex-Artradis Manager David Dredge (Reuters) Fortress Investment Group LLC (FIG) has hired David Dredge as co-chief investment...
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October 24 - Uncategorized - Comments
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...
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October 21 - Uncategorized - Comments
Bo K. Brownstein, the head of Big 5 Asset Management, is expected to plead guilty on insider trading charges today. Brownstein will enter his plea today...
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October 21 - Uncategorized - Comments
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. The...
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October 21 - Hedge Funds, Uncategorized - Comments
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...
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October 21 - Uncategorized - Comments
Joel Greenblatt, Gotham Capital talked to the Wall Street Journal’s Steve Eder yesterday about the resiliency of hedge funds. The video is embedded...
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October 20 - Hedge Funds, Uncategorized - Comments
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...
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October 20 - Uncategorized - Comments
Several hedge funds made big after Apollo Group (APOL), the company behind University of Phoenix, reported profits and sales above analyst estimates,...
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October 19 - Hedge Funds, Uncategorized - Comments
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...
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October 18 - Uncategorized - Comments