Hedge-Fund Honcho Kyle Bass Takes Aim at Hong Kong ‘Time Bomb’ (The Wall Street Journal) Kyle Bass, the often-bearish hedge-fund manager who won big......
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Billionaire Ray Dalio: ‘Of Course’ Rich People Like Me Should Pay More Taxes (CNBC) Financier Ray Dalio is on a mission to let everyone know that......
(read more)April 8 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
W W Grainger Inc (NYSE:GWW) (The Motley Fool) What happened: Shares of industrial supplier WW Grainger Inc (NYSE:GWW) jumped as much as 17.4% in trading......
(read more)January 24 - Market Movers, News - Comments
Alere Inc (NYSE:ALR) has surged 16% in the pre-market after the Abbott Laboratories (NYSE:ABT) finally bit the bullet and agreed to an amended merger......
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GDS Investments, a premier investment management firm headed by Glenn D. Surowiec, recently released a letter in which the firm talked about various......
(read more)March 15 - Hedge Fund Analysis, News - Comments
Locust Wood Capital Advisers is a New York-based hedge fund that was founded in 2002 by Stephen J. Errico with a capital of $29 million. Since then the......
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The Abbott RealTime ZIKA molecular test from Abbott Laboratories (NYSE:ABT) has gained the approval of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). It......
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The Tendril MRI pacing lead and the Assurity MRI pacemaker have been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. This will make it possible for......
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Abbott Laboratories (NYSE:ABT)‘s dorsal root ganglion (DRG) stimulation therapy has advantages over traditional spinal cord stimulation (SCS) in......
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Alinity, a family of next-generation clinical chemistry and immunoassay diagnostics from Abbott Laboratories (NYSE:ABT) is now being offered in Europe......
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Corporate insiders such as Board members and executives usually buy shares on the open market for one simple reason – they believe Mr. Market severely......
(read more)December 27 - Insider Trading, News - Comments
Stanley Druckenmiller was one of the fund managers for the Quantum Fund founded by George Soros. Ranked 128th on Forbes’ list of the richest people......
(read more)December 23 - Dividend Stocks, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Each week I review the list of dividend increases as part of my monitoring process. This exercise is helpful in evaluating how my existing holdings are......
(read more)December 19 - Dividend Stocks, News, Stock Analysis - Comments
Abbott Laboratories (NYSE:ABT) has sued Alere Inc (NYSE:ALR), a diagnostics company it agreed to acquire earlier this year, for breach of contract. In......
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Mairs & Power is a Minnesota-based hedge fund with $4.32 billion worth of assets invested in 52 holdings in its U.S. public equity portfolio. In its......
(read more)November 4 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Fund Investor Letters, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Billionaire George Soros has been in the news a lot during the current Presidential elections, most recently being at the center of controversy over ......
(read more)October 31 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Markets are mixed on Wednesday as investors get ready to digest a flurry of earnings, and await Federal Reserve’s summary of commentary of the current......
(read more)October 19 - Earnings Report, Market Movers, News - Comments
Dividend Aristocrats have passed the test of time. By definition, each one of them has raised their dividend payout for 25 or more consecutive years,......
(read more)October 1 - Dividend Stocks, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
According to the latest 13F filing of Sio Capital, a global equity market healthcare hedge fund, the investment advisory has further increased its exposure......
(read more)September 27 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
With another quarter almost in the rear-view mirror, many investors are adjusting their portfolios in reaction to the latest news. Of all the potential......
(read more)September 18 - Market Movers, News - Comments
Antitrust regulations, tax rules and political uncertainty marred the Merger & Acquisitions (M&A) activity in the second quarter of 2016. According......
(read more)July 22 - Hedge Funds, News, Tech - Comments
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......
(read more)July 20 - Earnings Report, Market Movers, News - Comments
Crude futures are in the red today after yesterday’s disappointing API inventory report, but the market is in the green following strong financial......
(read more)July 20 - Earnings Report, News - Comments
The markets are quiet this morning as all three major index futures are close to flat. Some potential upside/downside catalysts in the upcoming week include......
(read more)July 13 - Market Movers, News - Comments
The world is aging. The average global population age is increasing. Source: The Economist This means there are more middle-aged and elderly people......
(read more)May 31 - Dividend Stocks, News, Stock Analysis - Comments
Founded in 2000 by Ric Dillon, Diamond Hill Capital employs a value investing approach to stock picking and had approximately $18 billion in assets......
(read more)May 14 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
On a day when the major indexes are each down by two-thirds of a percentage point, Delta Air Lines, Inc. (NYSE:DAL), Alere Inc (NYSE:ALR), Caterpillar......
(read more)April 29 - Market Movers, News - Comments
The S&P 500 opened lower on Thursday as investors refocus on the weak global macro-economic picture. Among the stocks that traders are buzzing about......
(read more)April 28 - Market Movers, News, Tech - Comments
It’s a rather flat day on Wall Street, as all three major indexes are hovering around level ground for the day. The Dow Jones is up by just seven......
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Arthur B. Cohen and Joseph Healey‘s HealthCor Management has nearly $2.6 billion worth of regulatory assets under its management. The healthcare......
(read more)December 8 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Abbott Laboratories (NYSE:ABT) was founded in 1888 and has grown to reach a market cap of more than $67 billion. Abbott Laboratories has been wildly successful......
(read more)December 3 - Dividend Stocks, News, Stock Analysis - Comments
A report from Financial Times mentioning a potential acquisition bid for St. Jude Medical, Inc. (NYSE:STJ) helped rocket the shares of the company up......
(read more)August 27 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Investors are panicking. The stock market is in free-fall. Now is a good time to insulate your portfolio against the worst effects of recessions. Unfortunately......
(read more)August 26 - Dividend Stocks, News, Stock Analysis - Comments
Pershing Square, managed by billionaire Bill Ackman, recently filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission a Form 13F, in which the fund disclosed......
(read more)February 19 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Animal health care company, Zoetis Inc (NYSE:ZTS) is doing extremely well according to activist investor Bill Ackman of Pershing Square, having agreed......
(read more)February 13 - News - Comments
The story was picked up by the major news sources a few years ago as a “cute” human interest feature. You might have seen the headlines like......
(read more)October 2 - Dividend Stocks, Stock Analysis - Comments
While Foolish readers know all too well that a good turnaround story can drive excellent shareholders, sometimes discretion is the better part of valor......
(read more)September 13 - News - Comments
Since 1983, Depakote ER has been a good source of revenue for drug manufacturers. The drug is mainly used in the treatment of bipolar disorder, migraines......
(read more)September 13 - News - Comments
Investors love stocks that consistently beat the Street without getting ahead of their fundamentals and risking a meltdown. The best stocks offer sustainable......
(read more)September 3 - News - Comments
Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:ARNA)‘s Belviq, VIVUS, Inc. (NASDAQ:VVUS)‘s Qsymia, and Orexigen Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:OREX)&#......
(read more)August 29 - News - Comments
The medical-device industry isn’t probably the first place you’d think to find great, high-yielding dividend stocks. While other players in......
(read more)August 29 - News - Comments
Is Stryker Corporation (NYSE:SYK) a buy? To the average investor, there are a multitude of metrics shareholders can use to analyze stocks. Some of the......
(read more)August 26 - News - Comments
Who’s crazy about Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE:MDT)? Now, according to many of your fellow readers, hedge funds are perceived as useless, old investment......
(read more)August 23 - News - Comments
The benefits to investing in emerging markets have become well known over the course of the last decade. The pros include better long-term growth and......
(read more)August 23 - News - Comments
There’s no such thing as a free lunch, but spinoff companies are as close to free as you can get. When a company is spun off, there’s a high......
(read more)August 21 - News - Comments
It is often said that the real cure for HIV and AIDS will come from better, more discrete testing procedures, and not from the drug cocktails made by......
(read more)August 20 - News - Comments
A strong week for investors ended especially well in China, as Hong Kong’s HANG SENG INDEX (INDEXHANGSENG:HSI) index jumped by 3.3% for the week......
(read more)August 19 - News - Comments
These days there doesn’t seem to be much in the way of economic news that can stop the ascent of the broad-based S&P 500 . With good reason,......
(read more)August 7 - News - Comments
High yields aren’t everything when you’re searching for the perfect dividend stock. Great stocks for the long-term require stability, financial......
(read more)August 1 - News - Comments
Abbott Laboratories (NYSE:ABT)‘ bid to acquire IDEV Technologies by end-2013 will strengthen the former’s medical devices (Abbott Vascular) business......
(read more)July 29 - News - Comments
