Fund Manager Murray Stahl’s Stock Picks Include Autonation
Murray Stahl founded Horizon Asset Management- which has since grown into the larger investment organization Horizon Kinetics- in 1994.
Posts Tagged ‘Bill Ackman Pershing Square’
Hillshire Brands (HSH) & Other Lesser Known Stocks From Rivals Bill Ackman and Dan Loeb
Hedge funds generate a substantial portion of their alpha from the small-cap space. On the whole, public research about the little guys tends to be less efficient.
Andrew Ross Sorkin Is DEAD WRONG About Ackman’s JC Penney Loss
Michael J. De La Merced and Andrew Ross Sorkin wrote an article about Dan Loeb and Bill Ackman yesterday.
Hedge Funds Are Buying Herbalife Ltd. (HLF) and These Other Stocks
13D and 13G filings from hedge funds reveal large positions taken by hedge funds (or significant changes in these positions) fairly recently after the fund has made its move, ...
Billionaire Dan Loeb Ambushes Ackman On Herbalife Ltd. (HLF)
In December, billionaire Bill Ackman of Pershing Square (check out Ackman's stock picks) gave an exhaustive short presentation on Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE:HLF).
Herbalife Ltd. (HLF) CEO on Bill Ackman: ‘We Want The SEC to Take Action’
By now, you've probably heard what hedge fund manager Bill Ackman, manager of Pershing Square Capital, reportedly thinks of Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE:HLF)'s business model.
Yahoo! Inc. (YHOO) Among Billionaire James Dinan’s New Stock Picks
James Dinan founded York Capital in 1991 and now has a net worth estimated at $1.4 billion.
Kansas City Southern Had a Board Member Buy In
According to a filing with the SEC, Henry Davis, a Board member at Kansas City Southern (NYSE:KSU) bought 67,300 shares of the company’s stock on November 16th at an average...
Billionaire Bill Ackman’s Latest Stock Picks
Bill Ackman doesn’t do much turnover in Pershing Square’s portfolio: a small number of concentrated positions, with little change from quarter to quarter (see Pershing Square...
Is Procter & Gamble Company (PG) Posting Q1 in Line Enough to Appease Ackman?
The Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG) has returned over 13% since the end of the second quarter, giving funds like Bill Ackman's Pershing Square, which opened a $1.34 million...
Bill Ackman and Pershing Square Give This Retailer a Vote of Confidence
Bill Ackman continued to defend his J.C. Penney Company, Inc.
Billionaire Bill Ackman’s Awesome 100-Page Presentation
Billionaire hedge fund manager Bill Ackman became a billionaire by delivering strong returns for his investors.
Why Did Billionaire Bill Ackman Sell These Stocks?
Pershing Square, managed by Bill Ackman, is a value investor with a long-term view which invests in stocks that it believes have departed from their fundamental value, including...
Billionaire Bill Ackman’s Recent Moves: Citigroup, Kraft, PG
Bill Ackman is a billionaire activist investor who has turned around companies like McDonald's Corporation (NYSE:MCD), while seeing some less successful activist investments in...
Billionaire Bill Ackman’s Next Big Idea
Billionaire Bill Ackman will be a keynote speaker at the 8th Annual New York Value Investing Congress, October 1 & 2, 2012 in New York City.
Billionaire Ackman’s Citigroup Loss is Nearly $400 Million
Pershing Square Capital Management, the hedge fund run by Bill Ackman, told investors this week that it sold its entire position of Citigroup, Inc. (NYSE:C).
Here is What Bill Ackman Said About Jim Cramer
Bill Ackman was talking to one of his friends at the Delivering Alpha Conference and Jim Cramer said "good luck" to him while he was passing by.
Bill Ackman’s $PG Investment Thesis
We are at the Delivering Alpha Conference. Billionaire hedge fund manager Bill Ackman will talk about his recent investment in Procter & Gamble (NYSE:PG).
Hedge Funds Are Crazy About This Fast Food Stock
Now back on the NYSE, Burger King (BKW) shares are again available to the public.
How did Einhorn’s, Ackman’s, and Paulson’s Stock Picks Perform?
Second quarter wasn't very kind to most hedge fund managers' long positions. S&P 500 index ETF (SPY) lost 2.84% during the quarter.
Hedge Fund News: George Soros, William Ackman, Carl Icahn
A settlement announced Sunday will bring $405 million to victims of Bernard Madoff's historic investment scam, the state attorney general said.
Why Bill Ackman is Performing Worse Than David Einhorn
We just wrote an article about David Einhorn's amazing stock picks at the Ira Sohn Conference.
Pershing Square 2012 Q1 Investor Letter Pdf
We obtained Pershing Square's 2012 Q1 investor letter (H/T: Valuewalk). Pershing Square is up about 2.5% through the end of May.
Bill Ackman’s Favorite Stocks
Pershing Square founder and CEO, William “Bill” Ackman, may not be a billionaire just yet but is well on his way.
Hedge Fund News: Ken Griffin, Bill Ackman, Warren Buffett
Opalesque Industry Update: Morningstar, Inc.
Bill Ackman’s New Favorite Long Idea (Ira Sohn)
Bill Ackman lost nearly $300 million today because of a 20% decline in JC Penney (JCP).
Ackman to go Public with Pershing Square Holdings in 2013
"Pershing Square Capital, the $11bn hedge fund run by high-profile US activist investor Bill Ackman, is planning a $4bn public flotation for a new fund in January 2013," reports...
‘Tis the Season to Go Public – Outback, Burger King, Facebook IPOs
Facebook, Burger King, Outback Steakhouse – what do these three iconic companies have in common? All three are planning IPOs and, in the case of Outback and Burger King, some...
Hedge Fund News: BlueGold, Bill Ackman, China Hedge Fund, JOBS Act
BlueGold Capital, an oil-focused fund that made headlines in 2008 by calling the peak of the market, is liquidating after four years of trading -- the last of which put it at ...
Ackman and Others Work to Take Burger King Public Again
"Just 18 months after being taken private in a leveraged buyout, Burger King Worldwide Holdings, one of the world’s largest fast-food chains, plans to list its shares on the...
Ackman’s Pershing Square Announces 7th Nominee for CP Rail Board $CP
In a presentation dated February 6, 2012, Pershing Square's Bill Ackman defended his suggestion of Hunter Harrison as a candidate for CEO of Canadian Pacific Railway (CP), and...
CP Rail Willing to Add Ackman to Board, Rejects Other Demands $CP
Pershing Square fund manager Bill Ackman has been waging a war against Canadian Pacific (CP) since just after the new year when CP Rail Chairman John Cleghorn filed a public...
Hedge Fund News: Bill Ackman, David Einhorn, John Kinnucan, Ray Dalio…
Pershing Square Capital Management LP’s William Ackman, the activist hedge fund manager, said he’s willing to be patient as J.C. Penney Co. pursues a turnaround.
Hedge Fund News: Klarman, Buffett, Rogers, Lampert, Ackman…
Seth Klarman’s classic Margin of Safety is the most concise introductory value investing book you can find. Or not find. It is famously rare.
Hedge Fund News: Jim Chanos, Rogers, Baupost, Paulson…
Jim Chanos, founder of Kynikos Associates Ltd., Jamie Zimmerman, chief executive officer of Litespeed Management LLC, Michael Novogratz, principal at Fortress Investment Group...
Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square Is Bullish About These Stocks
Bill Ackman founded his Pershing Square in 2003. The New York-based hedge fund typically takes activist roles in its investments.
Hedge Funds Q4 Moves And Hedge Fund News: Paulson, Soros, Cohen, Einhorn…
Billionaire John Paulson, who controls an 8.4 percent stake in Hartford Financial Services Group Inc.
Hedge Fund January Performance, Insider Trading Cases, Soros, Ackman…
Mark Jurish, chief executive officer of Larch Lane Advisors, talks about hedge fund industry performance and strategy.
Hedge Fund Performance January 2012
HSBC published the Hedge Weekly for the week of Jan 30 to Feb 3, revealing a list of hedge funds’ performances in January 2012.
Hedge Fund News: Ackman & CP, LightSquared, Asia Hedge Funds…
Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd.’s (CP) support for Chief Executive Officer Fred Green doesn’t make sense because the company’s performance trails all of its North American...
Hedge Fund News: Buffett, Soros, Michael Hintze, Paulson…
Burlington Northern Santa Fe, the railroad controlled by Warren Buffett, plans $3.9 billion in capital spending this year, an increase of 11 percent from 2011, as the company ...
Hedge Fund News, TPG Buys GlobeOp, Warren Buffett, George Soros, Super PAC, Etc…
TPG Capital LLP agreeed to buy GlobeOp Financial Services SA, a hedge fund administrator, for about 508 million pounds ($800 million).
Bridgewater Returns 23%, David Einhorn Insider Trading Case
Texas’s Permanent School Fund may hire in-house money managers to oversee its $25 billion in assets because returns are being “eaten alive” by hedge-fund fees, according...
Insider Trading: Bill Ackman Is Still Bullish About $JCP, Bought More Shares
Bill Ackman filed his recent insider purchases in JC Penney Co Inc. (JCP).
Bill Ackman on Carried Income Tax, $JCP, $CP, and Charity Event
Ackman also discussed taxes on the Squawk Box this morning.
Ackman’s $CP Pick Harrison Under Fire By $CN, May $CP Proxy Set
Canadian National Railway (CNI) "suspended the pension benefits of former Chief Executive Hunter Harrison and was seeking court approval to cancel them, ratcheting up pressure...
Mudd Steps Down From Fortress, Soros’ Warning, Hedge Funds And Greece…
Several high-profile hedge fund managers are preparing to strike out on their own this year, supported by strong followings and unfazed by a year of poor industry performance ...
Bill Ackman, Phil Falcone’s LightSquared, Hedge Funds and Greece
Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd (CP) said William Ackman's hedge fund Pershing Square Capital Management has asked to elect five of its nominees to the company's board as the proxy...
Icahn Said to Buy LightSquared Debt, Seth Klarman Invests In Europe, Greece Nears Debt Deal, Etc…
Billionaire Carl Icahn has purchased debt from Philip Falcone’s LightSquared Inc.’s bondholders as the satellite-broadband-service provider struggles to start service, two...
Citigroup Drops More Than 7%, Hedge Funds Lose Big
Citigroup Inc. (C) slumps more than 7% today after the company reported its fourth quarter and full-year 2011 results.
