Founded in 2000 by Jeffrey Ubben, Peter Kamin and George Hamel Jr., ValueAct Capital is today one of the largest activist hedge funds in the world. The......
(read more)February 17 - Activism, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Although crude prices have soared since last February on the back of OPEC intervention and improving fundamentals, the rising prices haven’t managed......
(read more)January 4 - Earnings Report, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Billionaire investors didn’t get to where they are (or get their bank accounts to boast that many 0’s) by being ordinary. Many made shrewd......
(read more)November 28 - ETF Trading, Gold, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Investors use various trading strategies and follow different investment philosophies, so they tend to look at a wide range of aspects when deciding whether......
(read more)November 17 - Insider Trading, News - Comments
Hedge Fund Manager Odey Says U.K. Stocks Could Plummet 80% (Bloomberg) Crispin Odey, whose main hedge fund has lost about 43 percent this year, says U......
(read more)November 1 - Hedge Funds - Comments
A spate of earnings reports have done little to move the indexes much in either direction today, as broader index volatility remains low. In this article......
(read more)November 1 - Market Movers, News - Comments
Crude futures are in the red to start off the week as OPEC continues to squabble on who is going to cut what, making the prospect of a deal seem less......
(read more)October 31 - Market Movers, News - Comments
Despite the spate of major earnings releases this week, the markets have been rather calm — the S&P 500 fell by just 0.6% during the week, while......
(read more)October 29 - Market Movers, News - Comments
Although third-quarter U.S. GDP growth clocked in at 2.9% versus analyst estimates of 2.5%, the broader markets are little changed as volatility on the......
(read more)October 28 - Earnings Report, News - Comments
STOCKS NEWS Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE:CAT): reported Q3 EPS of $0.85 which beat estimates by $0.08. Revenues of $9.16 billion were down 16.4% which missed......
(read more)October 25 - News, Stock Analysis - Comments
While the markets ended the week on a quiet note, as both the S&P and Nasdaq were relatively unchanged, Bonanza Creek Energy Inc (NYSE:BCEI), Quality......
(read more)October 15 - Market Movers, News - Comments
After being very volatile for the first nine months of the year, the price action in crude has suddenly become quiet as more participants buy into OPEC......
(read more)October 8 - Commodities, News - Comments
After a nightmare two years during which oil prices fell from $100 to as low as $26 per barrel, there is finally some optimism among people in the energy......
(read more)August 20 - Commodities, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Jeffrey Ubben founded ValueAct Capital in 2000. The California-based hedge fund has recently filed its 13F filing, in which it disclosed its equity portfolio......
(read more)August 17 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Through extensive research, we determined that imitating some of the picks of hedge funds and other institutional investors can help generate market-beating......
(read more)July 19 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Despite S&P and Dow Jones trading near all time highs, it’s been an uneventful week for the energy markets. Although WTI prices are slightly......
(read more)July 16 - Commodities, News - Comments
Vranos’s Ellington Hires Stohr to Bolster Distressed-Debt Team (Bloomberg) Michael Vranos’s hedge fund Ellington Management Group has hired former......
(read more)July 12 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Crude futures were volatile this week. After rallying above the key $50 per barrel mark and igniting some short covering, Wednesday’s EIA report......
(read more)June 11 - Commodities, Market Movers, News - Comments
It’s the first day of the week, and traders are anticipating the upcoming FOMC meeting in the middle of this month. Following Friday’s disappointing......
(read more)June 6 - Market Movers, News, Tech - Comments
In an interview with CNBC in March, ValueAct Capital‘s founder and chief investment officer, Jeffrey Ubben, revealed that his fund was reducing......
(read more)May 22 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News, Tech - Comments
Markets opened higher today, but started declining after the announcement of manufacturing data, according to which the Institute for Supply Management......
(read more)May 2 - Market Movers, News - Comments
On the third trading day of the week, crude futures have now rallied above $45 per barrel while the Dow Jones and S&P 500 futures are modestly lower......
(read more)April 27 - Market Movers, News - Comments
Hedge fund clients pulled out $15 billion from the hedge fund industry in the first quarter of 2016, marking the largest outflow since the second quarter......
(read more)April 25 - Commodities, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Harvard Management Company is an asset management firm operated by Harvard University to manage its over $37 billion endowment. Since 2015, the firm has......
(read more)April 17 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
At a time when the three big indexes, the S&P, NASDAQ, and Dow Jones, are roughly flat, investors are selling Vale SA (ADR) (NYSE:VALE), Vanguard......
(read more)December 21 - Commodities, Market Movers, News - Comments
Jeff Ubben of ValueAct Capital is a pretty successful investor. Not only has he built up his fund to have an equity portfolio of $17.20 billion since......
(read more)December 20 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Earlier this week, several fundamental events took place in the energy sector, which is most likely to affect not just some individual stocks, but the......
(read more)December 20 - Commodities, News - Comments
With many investors expecting the Fed to raise rates this week and the high yield bond market beginning to show signs of rolling over, several new and......
(read more)December 14 - Market Movers, News - Comments
Pentwater Capital Management is an Evanston, Illinois-based, multi-billion dollar equity hedge fund founded by Matthew Halbower in 2007. Prior to founding......
(read more)December 10 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
ValueAct Capital, led by Jeffrey Ubben, recently submitted its latest 13F to the Securities and Exchange Commission for the reporting period of September......
(read more)November 21 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
With around $25 billion in assets under management, Pzena Investment Management, led by Richard S. Pzena, disclosed an equity portfolio worth $15.71 billion......
(read more)November 10 - Commodities, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Four companies have reported their latest quarterly earnings since yesterday’s market close, and all four managed to top estimates, sending their shares......
(read more)October 21 - Market Movers, News - Comments
Shares of Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM), Halliburton Company (NYSE:HAL), and Campus Crest Communities Inc (NYSE:CCG) are trending this morning......
(read more)October 19 - Market Movers, News - Comments
Shares of Williams Companies Inc (NYSE:WMB), Energy Transfer Equity LP (NYSE:ETE), Baker Hughes Incorporated (NYSE:BHI), and Halliburton Company (NYSE......
(read more)September 28 - Commodities, Market Movers, News - Comments
In its most recent 13F filing with the SEC for the reporting period quarter ending June 30, Jeffrey Ubben‘s ValueAct capital revealed an equity......
(read more)August 18 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Is Halliburton a good stock to buy now? A recent report from Wells Fargo’s Judson Bailey discussed the struggle of the offshore drilling industry and......
(read more)June 28 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
As oil prices are looking to rebound, the energy sector has been able to garner the support of more money managers. According to Morningstar data, the......
(read more)May 25 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
It appears Alexander Roepers’ Atlantic Investment Management has had a change of heart regarding Oil States International, Inc. (NYSE:OIS). After increasing......
(read more)April 17 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Activist Jeffrey Ubben‘s 14 picks in companies with a market cap of $1 billion or more (his entire portfolio) delivered weighted average returns......
(read more)April 12 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
We recently updated Lee Ainslie’s Maverick Capital’s performance for the first quarter of 2015 with the firm achieving returns of 8.4% in its......
(read more)April 8 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Farallon Capital, a hedge fund founded by Thomas Steyer, has recently disclosed the initiation of a passive stake in Sky Solar Holdings Ltd (ADR) (NASDAQ......
(read more)March 24 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
In a new filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Jeff Ubben‘s ValueAct Capital reported a new stake in the $25 billion oilfield services......
(read more)January 20 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Steve Cohen’s Point72 Asset Management is also amongst the funds obliged to disclose its long equity positions by the end of each quarter, although......
(read more)November 18 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Based in Australia, Platinum Asset Management was founded by Kerr Neilson in 1994, having worked for Bankers Trust Australia (now BT Australia) prior......
(read more)August 22 - Hedge Funds, News, Tech - Comments
In its latest 13F filing, Citadel Investment Group, led by Ken Griffin, revealed its equity portfolio, worth more than $70 billion, for the second quarter......
(read more)August 20 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
As previously reported, Billionaire Steven Cohen earlier this year shut down his fund SAC Capital Advisors and opened Point72 Asset Management, a fund......
(read more)August 15 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Fox Business News’s Lori Rothman reported about Baker Hughes Incorporated (NYSE:BHI) in her earnings alert on Thursday. The mention has been made on......
(read more)July 18 - Earnings Report, News - Comments
The Market has had its fair share of challenges, but there are stocks according to the ‘Fast Money’ Crew on CNBC that remained solid in the first......
(read more)July 11 - News, Tech - Comments
Edgar Wachenheim‘s Greenhaven Associates recently revealed its 13F portfolio allocation for the first quarter of 2014. With approximately 75.00......
(read more)May 2 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
In a latest 13F filing, Stanley Druckenmiller’s fund Duquesne Capital, revealed its holdings for the fourth quarter of 2013. The value of its equity......
(read more)February 20 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
