A Hedge Fund Veteran Mounts a Comeback (Institutional Investor) John Thaler, who shut down his long-short equity hedge fund in 2015, is making a return...
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August 14 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Top Investment Professionals Exiting Soroban (HFAlert.com) Two key stock analysts are on their way out of Eric Mandelblatt’s Soroban Capital, whose...
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June 18 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Devon Energy Corp (NYSE:DVN) (MarketWatch) Shares of Devon Energy Corp. DVN, -10.16% fell 6% in premarket trading Wednesday, after the company posted...
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February 21 - Market Movers, News - Comments
Steve Cohen runs his family office Point72 Asset Management since being forced to close his hedge fund after falling foul with the SEC. The billionaire...
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December 6 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
The fortunes of the US auto industry might be in doldrums with sales having peaked and falling on a year-on-year basis, but this hasn’t had any...
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October 16 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
The US stock market opened in the red today, dragged down by declines in mining stocks and lower oil prices. Meanwhile, ahead of Janet Yellen’...
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August 24 - Insider Trading, News - Comments
Founded by Jeffrey Smith in 2002 via a spin-off from Ramius, Starboard Value LP has grown to become one of the most feared activist hedge funds in the...
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August 17 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
The main US indexes opened lower on Tuesday after the Labor Department showed that US consumer prices remained flat in July for the first time in five...
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August 16 - Earnings Report, News, Tech - Comments
Insider trading is a term many stock market laymen associate with illegal conduct, but insider trading activity involves both legal and illegal trades...
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June 10 - Insider Trading, News - Comments
For almost a decade and a half, Jeffrey Smith‘s billion dollar activist hedge fund, Starboard Value, has struck fear in the management suite of...
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May 25 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds - Comments
Ira Sohn Investment Conference is one of the most awaited events that aside from supporting an important cause, ending childhood cancer, also has the...
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April 14 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Billionaire Steven Cohen is one of the most successful hedge fund managers in history, who was making money when other hedge fund vehicles were losing...
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February 25 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
New York-based activist hedge fund Starboard Value LP and its founder Jeffrey Smith have gained a lot of recognition in the last few years for their...
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February 23 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Point72 Asset Management is a family office founded in 2014 by Steven Cohen, who previously ran the hedge fund SAC Capital Advisors. Mr. Cohen’s...
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February 18 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
With the broader market down by more than half a percent, shares of International Game Technology Ordinary Shares (NYSE:IGT), Freshpet Inc (NASDAQ:FRPT...
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November 12 - Market Movers, News - Comments
Jeffrey Smith of the $4.4 billion activist hedge fund Starboard Value is laser focused on one thing and one thing only. He’s willing to do whatever...
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October 13 - News - Comments
Shares of Advance Auto Parts, Inc. (NYSE:AAP) have gained more than 11% today after The Wall Street Journal reported last night that Jeffrey Smith’s...
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September 30 - Hedge Funds, News, Stock Analysis - Comments
Shares of Advance Auto Parts, Inc. (NYSE:AAP) are up by more than 10% in afternoon trading today following the release of the automobile aftermarket parts...
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August 13 - Earnings Report, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
According to RBC Capital Markets, the top performing sectors have been the energy and the utility sectors, which they continue to keep a closer watch...
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August 1 - News - Comments
Blue Arrow Capital Management, a subsidiary of Millennium Management, which is led by Israel Englander. It is headquartered in New York and has an...
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May 30 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Auto-parts retailer Advance Auto Parts, Inc. (NYSE:AAP) hasn’t been the best performer in its industry this year. Its gain of just under 12% is...
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September 17 - News - Comments
While vehicle sales in the U.S. continue to remain strong, driven by a robust housing sector and low interest rates, it’s surprising to see that...
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August 26 - News - Comments
Is Advance Auto Parts, Inc. (NYSE:AAP) worth buying at today’s prices, or is it not? In today’s marketplace, there are plenty of metrics shareholders...
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August 23 - News - Comments
Curious what the smart money thinks about AutoZone, Inc. (NYSE:AZO)? To many traders, hedge funds are viewed as delayed, outdated financial tools of...
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August 22 - News - Comments
Before analyzing a company for investment, it’s important to have a perspective on how well the business has performed. Because at the end of the...
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August 20 - News - Comments
Recovering from the global recession of 2009, the US auto industry followed the growth trend. This led to growth in the auto-parts industry as this market...
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August 5 - News - Comments
Shareholders of O’Reilly Automotive Inc (NASDAQ:ORLY) have had a great time in the last five years. Since 2009, O’Reilly’s stock price has risen...
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August 5 - News - Comments
Note: Due to an impending merger, we have removed Cooper Tire & Rubber Company (NYSE:CTB) from this article. Motley Fool apologizes for its initial...
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August 3 - News - Comments
The auto industry has been hit very hard over the last few years, and most investors have turned away from the once-booming sector. As a result, there...
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August 2 - News - Comments
The average age of vehicles in the U.S. increased from 10.8 years last year to around 11.3 years as of January 2013. As vehicles age more works needs...
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July 26 - News - Comments
There are two primary ways companies grow value per share: (1) increasing the value of operations, and (2) decreasing the share count over time through...
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July 22 - News - Comments
According to a 13G filed with the SEC, Glenhill Advisors owns 2.7 million shares of The Pep Boys – Manny, Moe & Jack (NYSE:PBY), an auto parts...
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July 12 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Shares of Atlanta-based Genuine Parts Company (NYSE:GPC) have been star performers lately. They are up 37% year-to-date, and are trading at all-time...
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July 10 - News - Comments
Genuine Parts Company (NYSE:GPC) it the leading U.S. wholesale distributor of automotive replacement parts, and its better known by the name of its distribution...
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July 5 - News - Comments
The auto industry has been in full celebration mode lately, as the most recent figures from Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) and General Motors Company (NYSE...
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July 5 - News - Comments
With the average age of vehicles being more than 10 years, car parts and car maintenance will become more and more necessary. Even winter is expected...
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June 26 - News - Comments
Recently, some hard-line retailers have been raising their dividends, which has led to exceptional share price increases. Two of the most important examples...
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June 20 - News - Comments
As the unemployment rate decreases and consumer sentiment increases, the auto market is improving. Now, not only are manufacturers benefiting from this...
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June 19 - News - Comments
Auto parts retailers have had a solid run this year with all the major players recording solid gains. However, O’Reilly Automotive Inc (NASDAQ:ORLY...
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June 17 - News - Comments
Is The Pep Boys – Manny, Moe & Jack (NYSE:PBY) a healthy stock for your portfolio? Money managers are getting less bullish. The number of long...
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June 6 - News - Comments
Billionaire Israel Englander is a founding member of Millennium Management, with some $22 billion in assets under management. Englander also runs a $200...
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June 3 - Hedge Funds - Comments
The deep 2007-2009 recession has kept car sales in check for years. That means the cars on the road are older and, as they age, they are going to need...
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May 30 - News - Comments
Is Advance Auto Parts, Inc. (NYSE:AAP) a superb investment right now? The smart money is selling. The number of bullish hedge fund bets went down by 1...
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May 28 - News - Comments
I am always looking for businesses which compound capital at very high rates over a long period of time. In the long run, such businesses enjoy significant...
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May 24 - News - Comments
On Tuesday, AutoZone, Inc. (NYSE:AZO) will release its latest quarterly results. The key to making smart investment decisions on stocks reporting earnings...
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May 19 - News - Comments
An increasing number of customers are seeking cheaper alternatives to original OEM products to lower repair costs. LKQ Corporation (NASDAQ:LKQ) , a distributor...
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May 17 - News - Comments
Today, I’m able to pat myself on the back and say “job well done”: I played the automotive industry and the market like a fiddle. It...
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May 4 - News - Comments
Solid results from the likes of O’Reilly Automotive Inc (NASDAQ:ORLY), a retailer, as well as several wholesale auto parts suppliers, jumpstarted...
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May 1 - News - Comments
Consumer discretionary names such auto part companies, hotels, retailing, and media historically lead the performance of the broader based S&P 500...
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April 28 - News - Comments
Confidence in the economy, tax refunds, and low-cost financing are some of the reasons that have driven car sales higher so far this year. According to...
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April 19 - News - Comments
