In its recently reported 2018 Annual Letter, billionaire Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square shared its opinions in detail about all the positions in...
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April 1 - Hedge Fund Investor Letters, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Here are the eleven most important moves made in the hedge fund world this week. Bill Ackman reduced his Herbalife short significantly, replacing it...
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October 5 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Earlier this month we reported on the 13D Activist Fund, a long-only fund which invests in stocks targeted by activist investors (as disclosed in 13D...
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September 11 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Our research on insider trading patterns has concluded that stocks bought by insiders tend to outperform the market following these purchases, particularly...
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September 10 - Insider Trading - Comments
On September 9th, billionaire activist investor Carl Icahn, who manages Icahn Capital (find Icahn’s favorite stocks), conceded his battle over Dell...
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September 10 - Hedge Funds - Comments
At Insider Monkey, we use a number of techniques to track investment activity by hedge funds and other notable investors. Our research has shown that...
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September 10 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Our research shows that the most popular small cap stocks among hedge funds (as determined by quarterly 13F filings) outperform the S&P 500 by 18...
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September 6 - Hedge Funds - Comments
A popular misconception among investors is that the rounds of 13F filings released by hedge funds and other notable investors several weeks after the...
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August 28 - Hedge Funds - Comments
In August, hundreds of hedge funds and other major investors filed their 13Fs for the second quarter of 2013 (disclosing many of their long equity positions...
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August 27 - Hedge Funds - Comments
So far this year, the 30 most widely shorted stocks from the beginning of 2013- as measured by the number of shares short as a percentage of the float...
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August 23 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Recently, Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE:HLF) climbed above $60, meaning that billionaire Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square is finally underwater from its short...
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August 22 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Billionaire George Soros is best known for its profitable macro investments, particularly in currency instruments, but his hedge fund Soros Fund Management...
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August 16 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Pershing Square, managed by billionaire Bill Ackman, has been mocked quite a bit this year for its short position in Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE:HLF) but the...
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August 16 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Billionaire Julian Robertson is one of the most closely followed figures in finance, even after his official retirement from running Tiger Management...
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August 14 - Hedge Funds - Comments
It has been a tough year for two of billionaire Bill Ackman of Pershing Square’s most highly touted picks. Herbalife, which Ackman gave a long public...
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July 31 - Hedge Funds - Comments
J.C. Penney Company, Inc. (NYSE:JCP) has been in a period of decline over the past several years as department stores in general have been forced to contend...
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July 31 - Stock Analysis - Comments
At Insider Monkey, we track quarterly 13F filings from hundreds of hedge funds and other notable investors- including, of course, Warren Buffett’s Berkshire...
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July 22 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Burger King Worldwide Inc (NYSE:BKW) was in 15 hedge funds’ portfolio at the end of the first quarter of 2013. BKW shareholders have witnessed an...
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June 11 - News - Comments
One of the “hedgies” we track is Pershing Square managed by Bill Ackman, and it has recently filed its 13F form with the SEC. Disclosing its...
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June 3 - Hedge Funds - Comments
General Growth Properties Inc (NYSE:GGP) investors should pay attention to a decrease in hedge fund sentiment recently. In the eyes of most shareholders...
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May 30 - News - Comments
BEAM Inc (NYSE:BEAM) was in 36 hedge funds’ portfolio at the end of March. BEAM investors should pay attention to an increase in hedge fund interest...
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May 28 - News - Comments
Canadian Pacific Railway Limited (USA) (NYSE:CP) was in 31 hedge funds’ portfolio at the end of March. CP shareholders have witnessed a decrease...
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May 28 - News - Comments
J.C. Penney Company, Inc. (NYSE:JCP) was in 36 hedge funds’ portfolio at the end of March. JCP investors should pay attention to an increase in...
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May 28 - News - Comments
Bill Ackman, the billionaire manager of Pershing Square, has been in the news quite a bit in the last several months thanks to his public statements about...
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May 21 - Hedge Funds - Comments
By tracking quarterly 13F filings from hedge funds and other notable investors, we have been able to use the included information to develop investment...
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May 16 - Hedge Funds - Comments
The Ira Sohn conference invites a number of well-known investment managers to give public presentations of their favorite investing ideas. This year,...
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May 9 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Editor’s Note: Related Tickers: Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (NYSE:CMG), Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE:HLF), J.C. Penney Company, Inc. (NYSE:JCP), The Procter...
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May 9 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Editor’s Note: Related Tickers: Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL), The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE:KO), Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ), Citigroup Inc. (NYSE...
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May 8 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Times have been tough at J.C. Penney Company, Inc. (NYSE:JCP) recently. The stock is down about 60% over the last year, and CEO Ron Johnson- who was backed...
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April 26 - Hedge Funds - Comments
The most popular small cap stocks among hedge funds earn an average excess return of 18 percentage points per year, according to our analysis of 13F filings...
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April 24 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Editor’s Note: Related Tickers: Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE:HLF), Dell Inc. (NASDAQ:DELL), NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) T. Boone Pickens, Family Sue...
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April 20 - Hedge Funds - Comments
The most popular small cap stocks (which we define as having market capitalizations between $1 billion and $5 billion) among hedge funds generate an average...
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April 19 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Tiger Consumer Management is a “Tiger Cub” hedge fund, so named because founder Patrick McCormack had previously worked at legendary investor Julian...
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April 18 - Hedge Funds - Comments
The most popular small cap stocks (which we define as those with market capitalizations between $1 billion and $5 billion) among hedge funds outperform...
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April 10 - Hedge Funds - Comments
J.C. Penney Company, Inc. (NYSE:JCP) was in 27 hedge funds’ portfolio at the end of the fourth quarter of 2012. JCP has experienced an increase...
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April 5 - News - Comments
Despite the fact that it is a consumer staple stock (with a beta of 0.3), The Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG) has outperformed the S&P 500...
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April 4 - Stock Analysis - Comments
Our work developing investment strategies has found that on average the most popular small cap stocks among hedge funds generate an average excess return...
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April 3 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Paulson Fund Investor Case Dismissed for Lack of Standing (Bloomberg) An investor’s lawsuit against John Paulson’s $23 billion hedge fund over its...
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April 3 - Hedge Funds - Comments
One way to quantitatively measure a stock’s upside potential is with the PEG ratio, which incorporates both the P/E multiple and analyst consensus estimates...
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March 31 - Hedge Funds - Comments
General Growth Properties Inc (NYSE:GGP) was in 21 hedge funds’ portfolio at the end of December. GGP has seen a decrease in support from the world...
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March 28 - News - Comments
We track 13F filings from hedge funds and other notable investors; the most recent round of filings disclosed many long equity positions as of the end...
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March 27 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Exclusive: Farallon hedge fund launches real estate vehicle (Reuters) Hedge fund firm Farallon Capital Management LLC is raising a new real estate fund...
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March 20 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Bill Ackman is no stranger to short selling. In an interview with Value Investor (login required), the hedge fund magnate revealed the rules behind his...
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March 19 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Avenue hedge fund names CIO as Lasry seen getting ambassadorship (Reuters) As speculation mounts that Avenue Capital hedge fund co-founder Marc Lasry...
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March 19 - Hedge Funds - Comments
While 13F filings provide the most complete picture of what stocks hedge funds own, they are somewhat out of date by the time they are released. This...
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March 13 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Carl Icahn has bought an additional 2.3 million shares of Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE:HLF) since March 5th, bringing the total number of shares in his portfolio...
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March 13 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Warren Buffett of Berkshire Hathaway is recognized as one of the greatest long-term investors of all time. In mid February Berkshire filed its 13F for...
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February 28 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Six to seven weeks after the end of a quarter, hedge funds and many other investors are required to file 13Fs with the SEC. These filings allow the broader...
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February 27 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Every quarter, many money managers have to disclose what they’ve bought and sold, via “13F” filings. Their latest moves can shine a...
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February 27 - Hedge Funds - Comments
The most popular small cap stocks among hedge funds, as revealed by 13F filings, produce an excess return of 18 percentage points per year according to...
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February 19 - Hedge Funds - Comments