SAC Capital Advisors is turning to data analytics employed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Central Intelligence Agency to keep an eye on its employees.
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March 20 - Hedge Funds
Bill Ackman's Pershing Square increased holding of Platform Specialty Products Corporation (NYSE:PAH). A Form 4 filing with the SEC shows that the fund bought 4.2 million shares...
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March 13 - Hedge Funds, News
Billionaire Wilbur Ross invited Paul Ryan over for lunch. Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
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March 12 - Hedge Funds
George Soros wants to invest in Europe's financial sector, according to a German magazine's interview with the billionaire investor on Sunday [Feb. 23].
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February 24 - Hedge Funds
In a 13F filing, Pershing Square, managed by Bill Ackman, disclosed its holdings for the last quarter of 2013.
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February 20 - Hedge Funds, News
Tom Steyer, a billionaire retired hedge-fund investor, is aiming to spend $100 million to make climate change a priority issue in this year's midterm elections.
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February 19 - Hedge Funds
Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square Capital Management L.P., has considerably reduced its exposure in Beam Inc. (NYSE:BEAM), a filing with the SEC shows.
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February 19 - Hedge Funds, News
Tiger Global Management’s private equity business continues to be as active in the new year as it was in the fourth quarter of last year.
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February 13 - Hedge Funds
Bill Ackman, the activist hedge-fund manager, sold all of his shares in General Growth Properties Inc (NYSE:GGP), one of his most profitable investments.
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February 10 - Hedge Funds
With four years remaining, Warren Buffett has a commanding lead in a decade-long bet that put a low-fee stock index fund up against a portfolio of high-priced hedge funds.
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February 6 - Hedge Funds
While Bill Ackman’s short bet against Herbalife Ltd.
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February 4 - Hedge Funds
Blue Ridge Capital, managed by John Griffin, has disclosed a new stake in Platform Specialty Products Corporation (NYSE:PAH).
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February 4 - Hedge Funds, News
The billionaire investor Steven A.
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January 30 - Hedge Funds
David Tepper's Appaloosa Management is one of the top performing large hedge funds on Wall Street, but he likely took a beating on Friday, according to John Hempton, an Australian...
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January 28 - Hedge Funds
Hedge fund billionaire Steven Cohen caught a break Monday as a federal judge tossed out the most serious accusation in a $10 million lawsuit brought by his ex-wife.
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January 27 - Hedge Funds
Bill Ackman's Pershing Square has disclosed a position in Platform Specialty Products Corporation (NYSE:PAH), a company that recently started trading on the New York Stock Exchange...
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January 27 - Hedge Funds, News
Warren Buffett is proving to have as keen an eye for talent as he has for investment opportunity.
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January 22 - Hedge Funds
Maybe Bill Ackman should stick to Chicago-area companies.
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January 16 - Hedge Funds
There are three types of investors: smart, dumb, and dumber. Eugene Fama is best known for his Efficient Market Hypothesis.
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December 11 - Hedge Funds, News
Timing isn't everything, but it sure helps. Six years ago, Warren Buffett, chairman of Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
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December 9 - Hedge Funds
Stan Druckenmiller looks across the table at Charlie Rose, bemused.
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December 5 - Hedge Funds
It has been about 100 hours since William Ackman revealed his Pershing Square hedge fund’s nearly 10% stake in both Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
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November 19 - Hedge Funds
On November 15th, Pershing Square Capital Management filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission two new 13D forms.
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November 18 - Hedge Funds, News
Bill Ackman's hedge fund Pershing Square, in a new filing with the SEC, disclosed a new stake in Federal National Mortgage Association (OTCBB:FNMA), which amasses 115.6 million...
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November 15 - Hedge Funds, News
Pershing Square, managed by billionaire Bill Ackman, has been mocked quite a bit this year for its short position in Herbalife (NYSE:HLF) but the fund did generate positive returns...
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November 14 - Hedge Funds, News
Hedge fund returns rose by an average of 0.8 percent in October, after global stock values grew in light of the increase in the U.S.
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November 13 - Hedge Funds, News
Unless the SEC decides to drastically change its tone toward short sale reporting, we don’t expect to have the ability to parse through individual hedge fund managers’ short...
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November 7 - Hedge Funds, News
Bill Ackman's hedge fund, Pershing Square, has just disclosed it is decreasing its position in Platform Specialty Products Corp (LON:PAH).
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November 6 - Hedge Funds, News
There is a lot of undue criticism of Dan Loeb these days.
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November 4 - Hedge Funds, News
In the hedge fund world, there are dozens of transactions made on a daily basis, and if you’re a regular reader of Insider Monkey, you likely understand that some are more important...
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October 30 - Hedge Funds
Which stocks are hedge funds betting on right now? During the past week, we tracked and recorded basically all hedge fund moves.
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October 29 - Hedge Funds, News
Sears Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ:SHLD) is considering separating its Lands' End clothing and Sears Auto Center businesses into independently managed operations as part of its...
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October 29 - Hedge Funds
Bill Ackman, Canadian Pacific Railway: As it was leaked yesterday, Bill Ackman's hedge fund, Pershing Square, sold some shares of Canadian Pacific Railway Limited (USA) (NYSE...
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October 25 - Hedge Funds, News
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
Ken Fisher founded this fund in 1979, which isn't technically a hedge fund although we still track it due to its prominent spot in the investing world.
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October 20 - Hedge Funds
Expectations for outsize gains on the downtrodden shares of J.C. Penney Company, Inc. (NYSE:JCP) purchased by major hedge fund firms have deflated like a punctured balloon.
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October 18 - Hedge Funds
Activist hedge funds: While hedge funds follow many different investment philosophies, the industry can be boiled down to two types of managers: the activists and the passivists...
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October 15 - Hedge Funds
Billionaire Steve Cohen is one of Wall Street’s most mysterious characters, making unexpected moves and constantly throwing people off.
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October 15 - Hedge Funds, News
Best Dividend Paying Stock Lists By Dividend Yield – Stock, Capital, Investment.
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October 8 - Dividend Stocks, Hedge Funds
How does George Soros invest? Opinions of George Soros vary depending on whom you ask, but there’s no arguing against the Hungarian-American hedge fund manager’s investing...
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October 4 - Hedge Funds
Herbalife, Bill Ackman: The manager of the New-York-based hedge fund, Pershing Square, Bill Ackman, recently announced it was reducing its short position in Herbalife Ltd. (...
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October 3 - Hedge Funds, News
Pershing Square 2013 Q3 Investor Letter: Bill Ackman and Pershing Square's third quarter letter is out, and here it is in all its glory (you can download it by clicking the link...
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October 3 - Hedge Funds, News
Winton Capital Management Ltd., the $24.5 billion hedge-fund firm founded by David Harding, said profit plunged 64 percent last year after its main fund posted just its second...
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October 3 - Hedge Funds
Carl Icahn's Best Stock Picks: Carl Icahn may have lifted the company’s market cap by $20 billion in less than two days of trading last month, but Apple Inc.
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October 2 - Hedge Funds, News
Richard Perry, Perry Capital: J.C. Penney Company, Inc.
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October 1 - Hedge Funds, News
Bill Ackman, Air Products: Bill Ackman's hedge fund Pershing Square is the largest individual shareholder of Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. (NYSE:APD), currently owning 9.8...
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September 26 - Hedge Funds, News
Institutional investors are so big, they move the market.
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September 25 - Hedge Funds, News
Shares of Herbalife hit an all-time high Tuesday, fueled by talk of an aggressive buyback operation by the nutritional supplements marketer.
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September 17 - News
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
Prominent NYC hedge fund managers came up empty in the NYC Democratic mayoral primary, Absolute Return reported today. Dan Loeb (Third Point), Robert Ziff (Och-Ziff) and Peter...
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September 14 - Hedge Funds