The Illuminati is the word used when referencing groups, both real and made up, that are part of a secret society of sorts and whose members can also be high profile, which is...
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December 3 - Lists - Comments
Ariad Pharmaceuticals founder and CEO Harvey Berger is exiting the struggling cancer drug company in a settlement with Sarissa Capital, the activist hedge fund led by Alex Denner...
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April 29 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Billionaire hedge-fund manager Paul Tudor Jones has become increasingly frustrated with global corporations’ ”emphasis on profits, on short-term quarterly earnings and share...
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April 22 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Former Federal Reserve Chair Ben Bernanke is heading down a well-beaten path: shuffling through the revolving door between Washington's policy circles and Wall Street's big money...
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April 20 - Hedge Funds - Comments
The billionaire investor and George Soros' Protégé, Stanley Druckenmiller gave a presentation discussing the Federal Reserve’s interest rate policy on CNBC’s ‘Delivering...
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August 1 - Economy, Hedge Funds, Macroeconomic Predictions, News - Comments
This weekend Stan Druckenmiller sat down with the WSJ to talk about hiscontinued crusade for entitlement reform.
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October 22 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Kenny Rogers' "The Gambler" earned the silver-bearded singer a gazillion dollars and carried him on to fame and fortune as a rotisserie chicken magnate.
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October 22 - Gold, News - Comments
Jeffrey Gundlach, Fed, bonds: Jeffrey Gundlach is the founder of the Double Line investment firm, and Institutional Investor Magazine has called him the Money Manager of the ...
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October 17 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner shouldn't be ruled out as a candidate for the next Federal Reserve chairman, according to delegates at a big U.S.
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September 26 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Carl Icahn Twitter: Carl Icahn is one of the most notorious investors in the hedge fund universe, and that is why it's important to follow each move made by him and his mega-...
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September 25 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
ExxonMobil, the world's largest publicly-traded energy company, said on Tuesday it would cut back its staff and operations in Libya as growing instability no longer justified ...
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September 17 - Commodities, News - Comments
Editor's Note: Related tickers: Sears Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ:SHLD), Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL), The Blackstone Group L.P. (NYSE:BX), Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
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September 17 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Yesterday (Wednesday) at 18:00 GMT, the US Federal Reserve revealed the minutes of the recent FOMC policy meeting, which showed broad support among policymakers for Fed Chairman...
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August 23 - Futures/Forex, News - Comments
The Chicago Fed National Activity Index was a reading of -0.15 in July, the Chicago Fed reports this morning.
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August 20 - News - Comments
Last week George Clooney, the Oscar-winning mega star, slammed Third Point Capital CEO Dan Loeb over the hedge fund manager's recent critical remarks about Sony Corporation (ADR...
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August 7 - Hedge Funds - Comments
David Tepper, who runs a $12 billion distressed-debt hedge fund, Appaloosa Management, emailed in some comments to CNBC's "Squawk Box" this morning after global markets got crushed...
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June 24 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Editor's Note: Related tickers: Sony Corporation (ADR) (NYSE:SNE), Linn Energy LLC (NASDAQ:LINE), Berry Petroleum Company (NYSE:BRY), Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
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June 20 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Editor's Note: Related tickers: Sony Corporation (ADR) (NYSE:SNE), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM), Smithfield Foods, Inc. (NYSE:SFD), salesforce.com, inc.
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June 18 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Paul Singer does not like the US Federal Reserve. Nor is he shy about sharing his opinions on the Fed, its policies or its chairman.
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June 3 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Editor's Note: Related tickers: Credit Suisse Group AG (NYSE:CS), Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS), DISH Network Corp. (NASDAQ:DISH), Herbalife Ltd.
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May 21 - Hedge Funds - Comments
There was no big news at Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
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May 6 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Editor's Note: Related tickers: Fortress Investment Group LLC (NYSE:FIG), HSBC Holdings plc (NYSE:HBC), Credit Suisse Group AG (NYSE:CS), Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE:WFC), Capital...
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May 2 - Hedge Funds - Comments
The term "fiscal cliff," coined last year by Federal Reserve Chairmen Ben Bernanke, describes more than $500 billion in automatic tax hikes, including higher dividend tax rates...
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December 7 - Stock Analysis - Comments
Marc “Dr. Doom” Faber has never been shy about his opinions concerning the global markets, especially with his Twitter account.
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December 5 - News - Comments
As an asset class, natural resources often get lumped together, falling under a single weighting in one’s investment portfolio.
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December 3 - Market Movers - Comments
There was a time when commodities trading was only for the most sophisticated of investors.
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November 19 - News - Comments
Late Tuesday night, it was announced that Barack Obama had won his re-election campaign, and will spend four more years in the White House.
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November 12 - News - Comments
The iShares Barclays 20+ Yr Treas.Bond (NYSEARCA:TLT) and some other funds focused on Treasuries were on the receiving ends of post-election bounces on Wednesday.
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November 9 - Stock Analysis - Comments
Tomorrow will mark the battle for what could be the 45th President of the United States.
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November 6 - News - Comments
Hedge fund manager David Einhorn raised concerns about the U.S.
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October 25 - Hedge Funds - Comments
As interest in gold continues to rise, investors are faced with the always-lingering question of how to gain access to their favorite precious metal.
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October 16 - News - Comments
During the first presidential debate, a Yahoo Finance poll found that 80% of voters (33,782) believed Mitt Romney gave a stronger performance than President Obama.
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October 9 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Even before the announcement of QE3, precious metals had been holding their own in 2012.
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October 8 - News - Comments
Tiger Global, one of the world's best-performing hedge funds, ended the third quarter with strong gains, leaving the fund up 22.4 percent for the year, two people familiar with...
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October 4 - Hedge Funds - Comments
With QE3 now in play, we believe that several funds may be set to capitalize on the policy’s impact on financials.
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September 24 - Stock Analysis - Comments
Ben Bernanke and the Federal Reserve announced a third round of accommodative monetary policy earlier this week, which will be an open-ended form of purchasing additional mortgage...
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September 21 - Stock Analysis - Comments
The notion of QE3 rejuvenates thoughts of Ben Bernanke and the Fed flooding the market with dollars, weakening the U.S.
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September 19 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the last few days, you’re probably aware of Ben Bernanke’s newest plan to stimulate the economy, via purchases of mortgage-backed...
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September 17 - Stock Analysis - Comments
Central bankers are “counterfeit money printers” and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke should resign for messing up the U.S.
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September 14 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Ray Dalio of Bridgewater Associates became the most successful hedge fund manager in history last year when the cumulative $35.8 billion he has earned investors since 1975 eclipsed...
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September 3 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Bruce Richards stood under a party tent anchored by multiple stakes in the lawn of his Southampton home.
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August 27 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Pfizer (PFE) Inc., Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) and Elan Corp.
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August 7 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Ex-Morgan Stanley strategies and hedge fund manager Barton Biggs died on Saturday, according to various media reports.
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July 17 - Hedge Funds - Comments
At Heard & Scene, we're often asked what—and who—may be about to burst on to the scene.
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July 9 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Existing-home sales declined 1.5 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.55 million in May from 4.62 million in April, according to the National Association of Realtors...
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June 21 - Market Movers - Comments
The following day, a corporate broker from Firm X and Punch management had a 45-minute conference call with Einhorn, during which inside information was disclosed to him, the ...
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January 26 - Hedge Funds, Macroeconomic Predictions - Comments
Insider trading. Political corruption.
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November 14 - Insider Trading - 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.Bernanke was quick to ...
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October 18 - Uncategorized - Comments
