Rising net demand for allocating to hedge funds has hit a three-year high, as the $3 trillion hedge fund industry scored high marks among investors for...
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September 5 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
President Trump pulled the United States out of the “horrible, one-sided” Iran nuclear pact yesterday, a move that was met with widespread...
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May 9 - Commodities, Market Movers, News - Comments
Cloudera Inc (NYSE:CLDR) (The Motley Fool) What happened: Shares of Cloudera (NYSE:CLDR) crashed on Wednesday following the cloud software company’...
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April 4 - Market Movers, News - Comments
Micron Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:MU) (MarketWatch) Micron Technology Inc. MU, +10.22% shares surged Monday after one analyst nearly doubled his price target...
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March 12 - Market Movers, News - Comments
Corcept Therapeutics Incorporated (NASDAQ:CORT) (MarketWatch) Shares of Corcept Therapeutics Inc. CORT, -24.10% plunged 21% in premarket trade Monday,...
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February 5 - Market Movers, News - Comments
Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:EA) (MarketWatch) The poor performance of Electronic Arts Inc.’s “Star Wars Battlefront 2” was in the spotlight on...
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January 31 - Market Movers, News - Comments
Quantitative funds are gaining more ground among hedge funds in terms of trading volume and inflow of capital. According to The Wall Street Journal, this...
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December 28 - Hedge Funds, News, Quantitative Investing - Comments
The 7 best drone stocks to buy represent several companies that manufacture drones and other tech products. There aren’t many fully-established companies...
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November 20 - News, Tech - Comments
The 10 countries with the largest aerospace industries in the world export billions of dollars worth of aircraft and parts. In fact, because the aerospace...
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November 15 - Lists, News - Comments
The top 12 biggest defense contractors in America in 2017 amassed over 240,000 contracts from the Department of Defense alone and get billions of dollars...
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November 6 - News - Comments
Sometimes riding secular trends can generate big returns. While hindsight is always 20/20, investors who invested in the trends of the emergence of the...
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November 2 - News, Tech - Comments
The 10 biggest companies that hire felons provide a valuable second chance to those who have made mistakes but who wish to lead their lives honestly...
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April 18 - Lists, News - Comments
The 20 largest air forces in the world represent almost 70% of all combat aircraft in the world. To put things even further into context, the 10 largest...
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March 28 - Lists, News - Comments
The 11 fastest US air force fighter planes are the fastest things on land, at sea, or in the air. Ever since someone came up with the idea to pair artillery...
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March 21 - Lists, News - Comments
Crude futures are in the green today as traders look forward to today’s rig count release. If rig growth begins slowing or topping, sentiment could...
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March 17 - News - Comments
When I hear the word “defense contractor,” I have to admit that brands behind the 10 biggest defense contractors in the world (or even the top 100...
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January 27 - Lists, News, Tech - Comments
16 Military Spending Facts That Will Blow Your Mind about the world’s most powerful country. The U.S is the strongest military power on the planet...
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January 10 - Lists, News - Comments
Each week I review the list of dividend increases as part of my monitoring process. This exercise is helpful in evaluating how my existing holdings are...
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December 19 - Dividend Stocks, News, Stock Analysis - Comments
ValueWorks LLC is a New York-based, value-focused long/short equity hedge fund founded in 2001 by Charles Lemonides, a CFA who previously served as the...
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November 15 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Many traders are on edge today after Tuesday’s sudden volatility burst in which the VIX soared by 15% to close above 15.3. Although the U.S. economy...
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October 12 - Market Movers, News - Comments
Although the markets ended on a dour note for the week due to a softer-than-expected jobs report, it could have been worse, as the major indexes were...
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October 8 - Market Movers, News - Comments
STOCK NEWS Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR): There have been rumors abound with the potential acquisition of the micro-blogging website. Yesterday was a bad one...
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October 6 - Earnings Report, Market Movers, News - Comments
With volatility on Wall Street low, traders are looking forward to Friday’s release of the personal income and outlays report as a potential catalyst...
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September 29 - Market Movers, News - Comments
All eyes are on the September 26-28 informal OPEC meeting today as traders look for future catalysts that might decide where the broader indexes might...
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September 22 - Earnings Report, Market Movers, News - Comments
The US stock market opened in the green today amid growth in oil prices. Investors await the outcome of the next FOMC meeting expected later this week...
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September 19 - News, Tech - Comments
The markets are calm this morning as volatility in the market has retreated somehow. Although September is a month notorious for big sell-offs, many bulls...
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September 15 - Market Movers, News - Comments
All three indexes and crude futures are lower today as investors remain uncertain on the future direction of the market. On one hand, various members...
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September 13 - Market Movers, News - Comments
Despite news that Venezuela has held talks with Iran over oil price stability, crude futures are in the red on Monday as traders take profits on the recent...
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August 29 - Commodities, News - Comments
All three index futures are in the green today as traders digest the latest earnings releases and expect the end of the Fed’s policy meeting to...
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July 27 - Earnings Report, News - Comments
Although crude futures are almost 2% in the red, the major indexes are defiant today, as the S&P 500 and Dow remain near record highs and the Nasdaq...
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July 18 - Market Movers, News - Comments
The benchmark S&P 500 index has jumped six points on Monday, setting a new all-time high as last week’s strong jobs report continues to buoy market...
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July 11 - Market Movers, News - Comments
The markets are relatively quiet today as traders look forward to this afternoon’s EIA petroleum status report and Friday’s employment situation...
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July 7 - Market Movers, News - Comments
Market sentiment is positive on Thursday after polls suggesting low chances of a Brexit. A decline in U.S. jobless claims last week to near a 43-year...
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June 23 - Market Movers, News - Comments
US stock futures pointed higher on Tuesday morning as investors await Federal Reserve chief Janet Yellen’s testimony in the Senate. Some important companies...
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June 21 - Market Movers, News - Comments
The three main index futures contracts are in the green this morning as traders expect an acommodative Fed during today’s FOMC meeting. Crude futures...
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June 15 - Market Movers, News, Tech - Comments
Crude prices are lower in the pre-market after yesterday’s slightly deflating EIA report. Not only did distillates inventory rise, but domestic...
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June 9 - Market Movers, News - Comments
In a time when other industries are grappling with an uncertain economic environment and rising interest rates, the aerospace sector has been performing...
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June 2 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
With an increase in the usage of equity-based compensation, company executives and Board members sell shares for a variety of reasons beyond just their...
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May 6 - Dividend Stocks, Insider Trading, News - Comments
On the third trading day of the week, crude futures have now rallied above $45 per barrel while the Dow Jones and S&P 500 futures are modestly lower...
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April 27 - Market Movers, News - Comments
The U.S stock market is feeling the pain again today, with the latest wave of earnings reports providing some disappointing results. Investors are also...
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January 27 - Earnings Report, Market Movers, News, Tech - Comments
Following a solid week of gains, the U.S. stocks are currently trading in a small range as investors are preparing themselves for the earnings season...
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October 12 - News - Comments
Lockheed Martin Corporation (NYSE:LMT)’s space ambitions have been temporarily brought back down to earth. The Wall Street Journal has reported that...
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October 2 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
It appears Lockheed Martin Corporation (NYSE:LMT) and Boeing Co (NYSE:BA) have been vindicated for their choice to reject Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings...
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September 30 - Hedge Funds, Market Movers, News - Comments
Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings Inc., formerly GenCorp Inc. (NYSE:GY), has proposed a $2 billion purchase of United Launch Alliance, a joint venture between...
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September 9 - Hedge Funds, Market Movers, News - Comments
In this article, we will look at the significant positions in small-cap companies of billionaire Mason Hawkins of Southeastern Asset Management. This...
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March 24 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
As of the close of trading on March 4, the Dow Jones Industrial Average had gained 1.54% year-to-date. Although all of the companies listed in this stock...
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March 5 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Seth Klarman’s Baupost Group has filed a 13F with the SEC revealing its equity positions at the end of 2014. Klarman’s equity portfolio dipped in...
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February 17 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
BlackBerry Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY) is teaming up with Boeing Co (NYSE:BA) on the development of a super secure- Android phone. The phone according to CNBC’...
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December 23 - News, Tech - Comments
Option action traders, Carter Worth, Dan Nathan and Michael Khouw talked on CNBC about the stocks that they might keep an eye on in the next week. They...
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December 20 - News - Comments
Boeing Co (NYSE:BA) has released its Dreamliner, formally known as Boeing 787, and it’s made a great impression as orders had been strong since the...
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November 10 - News - Comments