Seth Klarman made $1 billion betting against stocks and corporate credit. That wasn’t enough to prevent his hedge fund from losing money last month.
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April 8 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Hedge fund manager David Tepper is planning on returning Appaloosa Management’s capital to investors and converting it to a family office.
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May 23 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon and hedge fund manager Kyle Bass have accused Wall Street and corporate America of “funding” China’s fight with the U.S.
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April 26 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Voluminous insider buying is generally interpreted as a bullish signal by the investment community, as there appears to be only one reason corporate insiders would buy shares ...
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December 29 - Insider Trading, News - Comments
The main indices on the US stock market are gaining ground on Tuesday, recovering from yesterday's declines as markets across the world are in the green.
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August 23 - Insider Trading, News - Comments
Some retail investors track insider trading behavior as part of their broader stock selection and analysis process, and rightly so.
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May 5 - Dividend Stocks, Insider Trading, News - Comments
It was just about one year ago that QE3 made its debut, and mortgage REITs, particularly agency-only players like Annaly Capital Management, Inc.
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September 19 - Dividend Stocks, News - Comments
This series , brought to you by Yahoo! Finance, looks at which upgrades and downgrades make sense, and which ones investors should act on.
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September 17 - Dividend Stocks, News - Comments
The Federal Reserve was poised to be front and center this week, as it prepares for its Federal Open Market Committee meeting Tuesday and Wednesday.
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September 16 - Dividend Stocks, News - Comments
In the financial world, there are dozens of methods market participants can use to monitor the equity markets.
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September 16 - News - Comments
The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, better known as OPEC, was formed at the conclusion of the Baghdad Conference on Sept. 14, 1960.
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September 15 - News - Comments
Mortgage agency REITs have been badly hammered in the past three months.
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September 12 - News - Comments
Editor's Note: American Capital Agency Corp. (NASDAQ:AGNC), Two Harbors Investment Corp (NYSE:TWO), ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc.
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September 11 - News - Comments
In the financial world, there are a multitude of methods shareholders can use to watch the equity markets. Two of the best are hedge fund and insider trading movement.
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September 9 - News - Comments
With the Federal Reserve scheduled to meet this month to decide on the fate of its monetary policy, many analysts and central bank observers are speculating that it may finally...
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September 9 - News - Comments
In the financial world, there are tons of indicators market participants can use to watch stocks. Some of the most innovative are hedge fund and insider trading interest.
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September 9 - News - Comments
Editor's Note: Annaly Capital Management, Inc. (NYSE:NLY), American Capital Agency Corp. (NASDAQ:AGNC), CYS Investments Inc (NYSE:CYS), ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc.
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September 5 - News - Comments
If you were to ask many market players, hedge funds are assumed to be delayed, outdated financial tools of a period lost to current times.
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September 4 - News - Comments
Editor's Note: Annaly Capital Management, Inc. (NYSE:NLY), American Capital Agency Corp.
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September 3 - News - Comments
To many market players, hedge funds are viewed as useless, old investment vehicles of an era lost to time.
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September 3 - News - Comments
The rate on a 30-year fixed rate mortgage began 2013 around 4%.
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August 29 - News - Comments
Editor's Note: Two Harbors Investment Corp (NYSE:TWO), Invesco Mortgage Capital Inc (NYSE:IVR), ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc.
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August 28 - News - Comments
In the 21st century investor’s toolkit, there are dozens of metrics market participants can use to analyze Mr. Market.
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August 27 - News - Comments
The second quarter saw a sharp spike in interest rates, which caused havoc in the mortgage REIT sector.
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August 26 - News - Comments
Mortgage REITs got clobbered again on Monday, making Friday's drubbing look like a walk in the park.
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August 20 - News - Comments
Mortgage real-estate investment trusts, which got hit unexpectedly hard Friday, are getting absolutely crushed Monday, in some cases revisiting 52-week lows, as Treasury yields...
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August 19 - News - Comments
The movement to wind down Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac is gaining momentum, with legislation wending its way through Congress, and President Obama recently throwing his support ...
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August 19 - News - Comments
Hybrid mortgage REITs with large exposures in lower-coupon long-duration fixed-rate Agency residential MBS act more like Agency-only mREITs when it comes to protecting book values...
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August 12 - News - Comments
Rising interest rates cause the value of fixed-income instruments to fall.
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August 8 - News - Comments
The best thing about the stock market is that you can make money in either direction. Historically, stock indexes have tended to trend up over the long term.
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August 8 - News - Comments
As American corporations continue to report their performance for the second quarter, another largely followed Agency-only mREIT, ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc.
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August 6 - News - Comments
Mortgage REITs have been income-oriented investors’ favorite for long due to their elevated dividend yields.
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August 5 - News - Comments
The Federal Reserve once again linked the unwinding of QE to improvements in the financial and macroeconomic conditions of the country.
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July 29 - News - Comments
American Capital Agency Corp.
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July 26 - News - Comments
Previously, Barclays was bearish on the entire Agency mREIT sector, leaving every Buy rating downgraded.
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July 25 - News - Comments
One of the last things that informed investors would expect from mortgage REITs is the possibility that they would destabilize the mortgage market.
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July 10 - News - Comments
After getting beaten to a pulp again last Friday, mortgage REITs ticked upward on Monday, even as a mass downgrading of the sector took place by Wunderlich Securities.
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July 10 - News - Comments
Although we don't believe in timing the market or panicking over market movements, we do like to keep an eye on big changes -- just in case they're material to our investing thesis...
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July 8 - News - Comments
Invesco Mortgage Capital Inc (NYSE:IVR) is one of the most attractive dividend stocks, yielding an astounding 14.26%. But it is quite risky, as well.
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July 5 - News - Comments
The mortgage REIT sector has seen a lot of volatility during the past few months, thanks to speculation about the Fed’s exit from the Agency MBS markets that started in the ...
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July 5 - News - Comments
The confusion around the unwinding of QE persists as the Fed again links its unwinding intentions to macroeconomic improvements.
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July 1 - News - Comments
Colonial Properties Trust Inc (NYSE:CLP) was in 8 hedge funds' portfolio at the end of March.
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June 27 - News - Comments
As a result of recent volatility and spreads widening, mortgage REITs are in for a second consecutive quarter bloodbath as far as their book values are concerned.
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June 20 - News - Comments
CYS Investments Inc (NYSE:CYS) hiked its quarterly dividend in the second quarter of the current year.
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June 18 - News - Comments
American Capital Agency Corp. (NASDAQ:AGNC) has been one of the star performers in the mortgage REIT sector since its inception in 2008.
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June 17 - News - Comments
Stocks snapped a losing streak late last week with a big rally after the release of a series of positive data, including encouraging jobless claims and upbeat retail sales.
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June 17 - News - Comments
In a recent article, I ranked American Capital Agency Corp. (NASDAQ:AGNC) as one of my least preferred pure-play mREITs.
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June 14 - News - Comments
The mortgage REITs space is in a lot of trouble right now as speculation regarding the Fed’s tapering off of its quantitative easing program has led to an increase in long term...
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June 14 - News - Comments
Like many other real estate investment trusts (REITs), mortgage REITs have sold off of late. That drop, however, doesn't make them buys.
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June 13 - News - Comments
The recent gyrations in the mortgage REIT sector have knocked down even big players like Annaly Capital Management, Inc.
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June 13 - News - Comments
