United Technologies Corporation (UTX): Here is What Bill Ackman Thinks of Its Business Separation
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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Hedge Fund Week in Review: Activist Action
Here are the eleven most important moves made in the hedge fund world this week. Bill Ackman reduced his Herbalife short significantly, replacing it...
Adobe Systems Incorporated (ADBE), Gardner Denver, Inc. (GDI): Can Retail Investors Outperform The 13D Activist Fund On Their Own?
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...
Five Small Cap Stocks Insiders Are Crazy About, Including Howard Hughes Corp (HHC) & Halcon Resources Corp (HK)
Our research on insider trading patterns has concluded that stocks bought by insiders tend to outperform the market following these purchases, particularly...
Even After Dell Inc. (DELL) Stalemate, Icahn Is Still A Success
On September 9th, billionaire activist investor Carl Icahn, who manages Icahn Capital (find Icahn’s favorite stocks), conceded his battle over Dell...
Valeant Pharmaceuticals Intl Inc (VRX), Motorola Solutions Inc (MSI): Is An Activist-Mimicking Mutual Fund A Smart Investment?
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...
Warren Buffett & His Billionaire Buddies Going Bonkers On General Motors Company (GM), Visa Inc (V)
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...
Equinix Inc (EQIX), J.C. Penney Company, Inc. (JCP)–Hedge Fund Battleground Stocks: What Should You Do?
A popular misconception among investors is that the rounds of 13F filings released by hedge funds and other notable investors several weeks after the...
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (WMT), Lowe’s Companies, Inc. (LOW) & More: The Smart Money’s Top 10 Retail Plays
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...
Questcor Pharmaceuticals Inc (QCOR), J.C. Penney Company, Inc. (JCP): Hedge Funds, Not So Good At Shorting, Great At Picking Small Caps
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...
Herbalife Ltd. (HLF), J.C. Penney Company, Inc. (JCP): Ackman Is Just One Of Many Short Sellers Having a Tough 2013
Recently, Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE:HLF) climbed above $60, meaning that billionaire Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square is finally underwater from its short...
George Soros’s Hedge Fund Bullish On J.C. Penney Company, Inc. (JCP) & Herbalife Ltd. (HLF), Selling Airlines
Billionaire George Soros is best known for its profitable macro investments, particularly in currency instruments, but his hedge fund Soros Fund Management...
Billionaire Bill Ackman Was Loving Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. (APD) In Q2
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...
Billionaire Julian Robertson’s Moving Into Howard Hughes Corp (HHC), Likes Sirius XM Radio Inc (SIRI)
Billionaire Julian Robertson is one of the most closely followed figures in finance, even after his official retirement from running Tiger Management...
Billionaire Bill Ackman’s Next Trick: Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. (APD)
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...
Is J.C. Penney Company, Inc. (JCP) a Good Investment?
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...
Warren Buffett’s Long Term Investing: The Coca-Cola Company (KO), American Express Company (AXP), and More
At Insider Monkey, we track quarterly 13F filings from hundreds of hedge funds and other notable investors- including, of course, Warren Buffett’s Berkshire...
Should You Buy Burger King Worldwide Inc (BKW)?
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...
The Procter & Gamble Company (PG), Canadian Pacific Railway Limited (USA) (CP): Besides Herbalife Ltd. (HLF), What Else Do You Need To Know About Bill Ackman?
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...
Do Hedge Funds and Insiders Love General Growth Properties Inc (GGP)?
General Growth Properties Inc (NYSE:GGP) investors should pay attention to a decrease in hedge fund sentiment recently. In the eyes of most shareholders...
Here is What Hedge Funds Think About BEAM Inc (BEAM)
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...
Do Hedge Funds and Insiders Love Canadian Pacific Railway Limited (USA) (CP)?
Canadian Pacific Railway Limited (USA) (NYSE:CP) was in 31 hedge funds’ portfolio at the end of March. CP shareholders have witnessed a decrease...
Is J.C. Penney Company, Inc. (JCP) Going to Burn These Hedge Funds?
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...
Billionaire Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square Bought Mondelez International Inc (MDLZ) During Q1 2013
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...
Billionaire Carl Icahn Has Been Buying Herbalife Ltd. (HLF) and Transocean LTD (RIG)
By tracking quarterly 13F filings from hedge funds and other notable investors, we have been able to use the included information to develop investment...
The Procter & Gamble Company (PG): Was This The Dumbest Stock Pick at The Ira Sohn?
The Ira Sohn conference invites a number of well-known investment managers to give public presentations of their favorite investing ideas. This year,...
Hedge Fund News: Stanley Druckenmiller, Bill Ackman, Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (CMG)
Editor’s Note: Related Tickers: Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (NYSE:CMG), Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE:HLF), J.C. Penney Company, Inc. (NYSE:JCP), The Procter...
Hedge Fund News: John Paulson, David Einhorn, Apple Inc. (AAPL)
Editor’s Note: Related Tickers: Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL), The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE:KO), Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ), Citigroup Inc. (NYSE...
J.C. Penney Company, Inc. (JCP): Billionaire George Soros Reaches For a Falling Knife
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...
CBOE Holdings, Inc (CBOE), The Wendy’s Co (WEN) & More: Horizon Asset Management’s Small Cap Picks
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...
Hedge Fund News: T. Boone Pickens, Alan Howard, Herbalife Ltd. (HLF)
Editor’s Note: Related Tickers: Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE:HLF), Dell Inc. (NASDAQ:DELL), NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) T. Boone Pickens, Family Sue...
Ken Heebner’s Capital Growth Management’s Small Cap Picks Include Herbalife Ltd. (HLF)
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...
Herbalife Ltd. (HLF) & 4 More: Hedge Fund Tiger Consumer Management’s Best Picks
Tiger Consumer Management is a “Tiger Cub” hedge fund, so named because founder Patrick McCormack had previously worked at legendary investor Julian...
J.C. Penney Company, Inc. (JCP) Among Billionaire Michael Price’s Small Cap Picks
The most popular small cap stocks (which we define as those with market capitalizations between $1 billion and $5 billion) among hedge funds outperform...
Hedge Funds Are Buying J.C. Penney Company, Inc. (NYSE:JCP) – Sears Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ:SHLD), Kohl’s Corporation (NYSE:KSS)
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...
Are The Procter & Gamble Company (PG) or Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) Good Stocks to Buy?
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...
Billionaire Dan Loeb’s Small Cap Stock Picks Include Herbalife Ltd. (HLF)
Our work developing investment strategies has found that on average the most popular small cap stocks among hedge funds generate an average excess return...
Hedge Fund News: John Paulson, Eric Sprott, Barclays PLC (ADR) (BCS)
Paulson Fund Investor Case Dismissed for Lack of Standing (Bloomberg) An investor’s lawsuit against John Paulson’s $23 billion hedge fund over its...
Delphi Automotive PLC (DLPH), Herbalife Ltd. (HLF): Billionaire Dan Loeb’s High Upside Potential Picks
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...
Hedge Funds Aren’t Crazy About General Growth Properties Inc (NYSE:GGP) Anymore
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...
Ken Heebner’s 3% Yield and Higher Picks Include Herbalife (HLF)
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...
Hedge Fund News: John Paulson, Paul Singer, Apple Inc. (AAPL)
Exclusive: Farallon hedge fund launches real estate vehicle (Reuters) Hedge fund firm Farallon Capital Management LLC is raising a new real estate fund...
3 Stocks Bill Ackman Wouldn’t Short: Zillow Inc (Z), OpenTable Inc (OPEN) and Lululemon Athletica inc. (LULU)
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...
Hedge Fund News: Marc Lasry, Bill Ackman, Dell Inc. (DELL)
Avenue hedge fund names CIO as Lasry seen getting ambassadorship (Reuters) As speculation mounts that Avenue Capital hedge fund co-founder Marc Lasry...
Hedge Funds Have Bought Herbalife, Tempur-Pedic, and More
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...
Billionaire Carl Icahn Buying More Herbalife
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...
Warren Buffett’s Dividend Stocks Include Procter & Gamble
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...
Petrologistics and More: Billionaire James Dinan’s New Stock Picks
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...
Here’s What Bill Ackman Has Been Buying and Selling: Herbalife Ltd. (HLF), The Procter & Gamble Company (PG)
Every quarter, many money managers have to disclose what they’ve bought and sold, via “13F” filings. Their latest moves can shine a...
Billionaire Bill Ackman’s Top Stock Picks for 2013
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...
